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If you want to move files that contain a certain pattern within the file contents, you can use grep to search for the pattern and then move the matching files. Here's an example:
Suppose you want to move all files containing the pattern example from the current directory to the target_directory:
for file in *; do
if grep -q "example" "$file"; then
mv "$file" target_directory/
fi
done
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If you want to move files that contain a certain pattern within the file contents, you can use grep to search for the pattern and then move the matching files. Here's an example:
Suppose you want to move all files containing the pattern example from the current directory to the target_directory:
for file in *; do
if grep -q "example" "$file"; then
mv "$file" target_directory/
fi
done