remove files that has particular st

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Name: gpatel
Date: July 21, 2005 at 12:35:58 Pacific
Subject: remove files that has particular st
OS: unix
CPU/Ram: 256

Comment:

hello,
i wanted to move those file that has a string like
" I am yello"
so any file that has this string i wanted to move that file somewhere else or remove that file. can someone help w/ easy script.
thanks a lot,
Gpatel

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Response Number 1

Name: Luke Chi
Date: July 22, 2005 at 11:26:06 Pacific
Subject: remove files that has particular st

Reply: (edit)

1. move:
mv `grep -l "I am yello" *` $DESTINATION_DIR
2. remove:
rm `grep -l "I am yello" *`
Luke Chi

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