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Special Forums Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions Move all files with pattern in filename Post 302749577 by DGPickett on Friday 28th of December 2012 03:57:43 PM
Old 12-28-2012
To ensure reliability, copy one file per line:
Code:
copy <original_line> target_dir

Cygwin definitely has xargs and bash while read. I am not sure how close the others get. I bet you could put Cygwin on a flash drive and run it anywhere, despite the registry. Cygwin is essentially invoked as bash and everything unix-like happens inside there. Cygwin installs pretty simply if you have broadband. I use it a lot.
 

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lookbib

LOOKBIB(1)						      General Commands Manual							LOOKBIB(1)

NAME

       lookbib - search bibliographic databases

SYNOPSIS

       lookbib [ -v ] [ -istring ] [ -tn ] filename...

DESCRIPTION

       lookbib	prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input is not a terminal), reads from the standard input a line contain-
       ing a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic databases filename... for references containing those	keywords,  prints  any	references
       found  on  the  standard  output,  and repeats this process until the end of input.  For each database filename to be searched, if an index
       filename.i created by indxbib(1) exists, then it will be searched instead; each index can cover multiple databases.

OPTIONS

       It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option and its parameter.

       -v     Print the version number.

       -istring
	      When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the contents of fields whose names are in string.

       -tn    Only require the first n characters of keys to be given.	Initially n is 6.

FILES

       filename.i  Index files.

SEE ALSO

       refer(1), lkbib(1), indxbib(1)

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