move search contents to a text.file

[jf2014]

Dear all,

I am using Oracle Solaris.

I would like to accomplish the following.

1. I would like to search files names and move the search contents of the all files returned in the search to another text file. All the files should be clubbed one after another in a single file.

Example.

grep filename.* (this will give me all files. I want to combine the all files to a single text file). How can I accomplish this ?

2. I would like to now search inside the files and move all the files matching the search to a specific directory.

Example.
grep "PO#" filename.* (this will search all filenames with the specific PO value and the result should be moved to ../mydir/

Thank you for your help.

JF

 

[ChrisHirst]

1) direct the command output to a file

append

> filename

to send the output from the command line to a new file.

or

>> filename

to append the output to an existing file.


2)

http://www.howtogeek.com/168164/move-files-into-one-directory-in-linux-with-find/

Chris.

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[jf2014]

Hi Chris,

thank you for your response. But for the first one, I tried and it only moves the search results into the output file. I am looking to copy the the file contents of the search result into single file.

for example.

if my search result returns two files : file 1 and file 2.
file 1 contains
ABC
file 2 contains
DEF

so my outputfile.txt should look like
ABC
DEF

Thanks

 

[PHV]

cat $([i][b]your search result command here[/b][/i]) >outputfile.txt

cat `[i][b]your search result command here[/b][/i]` >outputfile.txt

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[jf2014]

Thanks PHV,
I am getting following error.

ksh: /usr/bin/cat: arg list too long

how to fix ?

Thanks,

 

[PHV]

(your search result command here | xargs cat) >outputfile.txt

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[ChrisHirst]

in that case use find and run cat foundName >> outfilename as an exec parameter to 'merge' the contents

find -name 'filespec' -exec cat {} >> outfile \;

Chris.

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[jf2014]

Hi Chris,

I Tried this
cat filename* > myoutput.txt and it copied all files with that specific filenames to myoutput.txt. thanks.

Hi PHV,

When I try your command, I am getting error with every cat that cant open file name.