grep and copy

[inunix]

Hi,

Is there a easy way to select files based on some pattern from a directory and copy the respective files to another directory.?

any easy way to do this...

I've somehting but not sure this will work.

find . -name "mypattern" *.txt -exec cp {} .
Will the above command work?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[JasonDeckard]

Is the pattern contained within the file, or is it a pattern within the file name?

 

[inunix]

pattern contained within the file...

Thanks..
I think i got the solution..

here it is
grep -l 'foreach' *.txt |xargs -i cp "{}" tmp1/