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Old 08-22-2005, 03:00 PM   #1
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cp files from grep results

How can I use cp with the results from the following:

grep -E '[Ww][Oo][Rr][Dd]' MyFiles_tif/textversion/*
 
Old 08-22-2005, 03:08 PM   #2
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Try something like
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cp $(grep -El '[Ww][Oo][Rr][Dd]' MyFiles_tif/textversion/*) /destination/
 
Old 08-22-2005, 03:17 PM   #3
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Worked perfectly.

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