02-10-2011
Help with using grep command with copy command
Hi, im taking an entry Unix class, and as part of my lab assignment I have to copy all files in the /home/david/lab3 directory that have the file extension .save to your lab3/temp directory. I'm having trouble getting the grep to do anything worth while
I've been trying to do:
cp /home/david/lab3 /home/user113/lab3 | grep '.save'
and havnt gotten it to work yet. Am I using the right context? I really am at a loss here. Also, when I try to run "grep '.save' in the /home/david/lab3 directory i dont get any output, and i have to ctrl+d to get back to a prompt. Any help would be appreciated, I have to finish this lab by 6:30pm EST.
edit: I'm using the Bourne shell.
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mail::mbox::messageparser::grep
Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Grep(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Grep(3)
NAME
Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Grep - A GNU grep-based mbox folder reader
SYNOPSIS
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser;
my $filename = 'mail/saved-mail';
my $filehandle = new FileHandle($filename);
my $folder_reader =
new Mail::Mbox::MessageParser( {
'file_name' => $filename,
'file_handle' => $filehandle,
'enable_grep' => 1,
} );
die $folder_reader unless ref $folder_reader;
# Any newlines or such before the start of the first email
my $prologue = $folder_reader->prologue;
print $prologue;
# This is the main loop. It's executed once for each email
while(!$folder_reader->end_of_file());
{
my $email = $folder_reader->read_next_email();
print $email;
}
DESCRIPTION
This module implements a GNU grep-based mbox folder reader. It can only be used when GNU grep is installed on the system. Users must not
instantiate this class directly--use Mail::Mbox::MessageParser instead. The base MessageParser module will automatically manage the use of
grep and non-grep implementations.
METHODS AND FUNCTIONS
The following methods and functions are specific to the Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Grep package. For additional inherited ones, see the
Mail::Mbox::MessageParser documentation.
$ref = new( { 'file_name' => <mailbox file name>, 'file_handle' => <mailbox file handle> });
<file_name> - The full filename of the mailbox
<file_handle> - An opened file handle for the mailbox
The constructor for the class takes two parameters. The file_name parameter is the filename of the mailbox. The file_handle argument is
the opened file handle to the mailbox.
Returns a reference to a Mail::Mbox::MessageParser object, or a string describing the error.
BUGS
No known bugs.
Contact david@coppit.org for bug reports and suggestions.
AUTHOR
David Coppit <david@coppit.org>.
LICENSE
This software is distributed under the terms of the GPL. See the file "LICENSE" for more information.
HISTORY
This code was originally part of the grepmail distribution. See http://grepmail.sf.net/ for previous versions of grepmail which included
early versions of this code.
SEE ALSO
Mail::Mbox::MessageParser
perl v5.12.1 2009-08-09 Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::Grep(3)