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Old 04-20-2011
File Moving Script
I want to make a script that moves all files with a keyword on it to another folder. and lets me know how many files it moved with that keyword. Im a total newbie with scripting so a little help would be much appreciated.
# 2  
Old 04-20-2011
Code:
#/bin/ksh  -x
file_name=`ls *key_word*`
for i in ${file_name}
do
cp ${i} /home/target_dircetory
count=`expr ${count} + 1 `
done
echo "number of file transferd = ${count} "

Replace key_word with the word you want to search and replace /home/target_dircetory with your direcoty adress
# 3  
Old 04-20-2011
Code:
num=0
for files in *keyword*
do
  cp $files /destination && ((num++))
done
echo "how many files : $num"

# 4  
Old 04-20-2011
find / -name "*keyword*" -print -exec mv {} /target/dir \;
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