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Old 12-09-2008
Finding and Copying Email
I have to create a bash script that will find Feedback emails and copy them to a labFeedback folder in my mail directory. I have an idea in my head on what commands can be used for this (find obviously among them). However, I have no idea where to start. I'm not sure what info needs to be given, other than I have no code written yet.
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Old 12-10-2008
Something like this as a start:

Code:
find . -type f -exec grep -l "somestringlikefeedbackinthemtoodentifythem" {} \; | xargs -I {} cp {} /somepath/labFeedback

 
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