Shell Programming and Scripting

 
!/bin/sh
#File: HelloMail
#Class: CS Unix
#Purpose: To inefficiently move my mail from one place to another.
 
MAILDIR="/var/spool/mail/firstname.lastname"  <-- Path does exist
TEXT="hello"
DESTDIR="$HOME/Mail/Hello"  <-- path does exist
 
find "$MAILDIR" -type f | while read N   #This will find my Mail and read it
                                         #But to do that read needs a varaible.
do                                       #Begin the body of the while loop
       cat "$N" | grep -q "$TEXT"        #Using N as the location of my mail
       if [ $? == 0 ]; then              #If my text is matched at least once
           mv "$N" "$DESTDIR"            #Move my inbox mail int my mail folder
       fi                                #end my if statement with fi
done #end while
#eof