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Old 03-29-2015
Move File Containing More Than two "-" at 3rd Line To New Directory
Hi Guys

I am trying to move file containing more than two - at the 3rd line of each files to a new directory. The files are something like this :

Code:
****** Text ******

[text-text-text]
/text/

text text
[text-text]

I want to make sure the search effect only take place on the 3rd line one as there might me similar pattern in other lines in some text files.

This is the closest command I could write so far :
Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*-*-*-*' -type f -exec mv '{}' '/new_directory' \;

I've got no idea how to make it take effect on just 3rd line for the searching part and it doesn't seem to find the "string" containing in the file either. Smilie This search only take place on the filenames, not what's inside the file.

Thank you in advance Smilie
# 2  
Old 03-29-2015
Unfortunately you need to open every single file and analyze its third line. This can't be done with find nor even grep; you'll need e.g. awk for it. Try
Code:
awk 'FNR==3 && 1<gsub ("/", "&") {printf "%s%c", FILENAME, "\000"}' file* | xargs -0 echo mv -t ./new_directory

This will not work on every awk nor every xargs nor mv; try it, YMMV...


EDIT: From testing with my files, there's a "/" in the gsub, which should be "-". Please correct.
Last edited by RudiC; 03-29-2015 at 12:51 PM..
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# 3  
Old 03-29-2015
Oh no Smilie my awk doesn't seem to work either. I don't think I could achieve doing one by one as it's about 690,000 files :S I guess I'm doomed. :|
# 4  
Old 03-29-2015
WHAT is not working?

And, you'll have to open every single file in order to get at the third line in each.
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Old 03-29-2015
Code:
Untitleds-MacBook-Pro:~ Nexeu$ awk 'FNR==3 && 1<gsub ("/", "&") {printf "%s%c", FILENAME, "\000"}' /Users/Nexeu/Documents/TEST/killer.txt | xargs -0 echo mv -t /Users/Nexeu/Documents/IPA
mv -t /Users/Nexeu/Documents/Dictionary/IPA /Users/Nexeu/Documents/TEST/killer.txt
Untitleds-MacBook-Pro:~ Nexeu$

The command is executed successfully but the file still remains at the initial folder. I want to move those that has words more than two - so I tested on file containing this content

Code:
****** killer ******

[test-test-test-test]  
/ˈkɪl ər/
IPA Syllables
    * Examples
    * Word Origin
  noun
1.
a person or thing that kills.
2.
killer whale.
3....

# 6  
Old 03-29-2015
Sorry, forgot to mention that the echo is there as a safeguard. It is echoing but not executing the mv command. Remove the echo and it should fly.
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Old 03-29-2015
There seems to be error. Got to do with mv command.

Code:
Untitleds-MacBook-Pro:~ Nexeu$ awk 'FNR==3 && 1<gsub ("/", "&") {printf "%s%c", FILENAME, "\000"}' /Users/Nexeu/Documents/TEST/killer.txt | xargs mv -t /Users/Nexeu/Documents/IPA
mv: illegal option -- t
usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target
       mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory
Untitleds-MacBook-Pro:~ Nexeu$ awk 'FNR==3 && 1<gsub ("/", "&") {printf "%s%c", FILENAME, "\000"}' /Users/Nexeu/Documents/TEST/killer.txt | xargs -0 mv -t /Users/Nexeu/Documents/IPA
mv: illegal option -- t
usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target
       mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory
Untitleds-MacBook-Pro:~ Nexeu$ awk 'FNR==3 && 1<gsub ("/", "&") {printf "%s%c", FILENAME, "\000"}' /Users/Nexeu/Documents/TEST/killer.txt | xargs -0 mv -f /Users/Nexeu/Documents/IPA
usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target
       mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory
Untitleds-MacBook-Pro:~ Nexeu$

 
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