gnuwin bash If .txt file contains string copy file

Question

okay so i know of grep -rhi, which extrats the line if string is found, but I want to copy the entire file so for example,

file.txt >

isexample #new
iesameplxpele
ieamama #new

now if I used grep -rhi "#new", it would extract only

isexample #new
ieamama #new

where as I want all the contents within the file including

iesameplxpele

How would I do this?

Of course the .txt file must contain #new in either one of its lines.

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 15 '17 at 17:13

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You have to check the return value of grep:

if grep -q '#new' "/path/to/inputfile"; then
  cp "/path/to/inputfile" "/location/of/outputfile"
fi

edited May 15 '17 at 17:13

DopeGhoti

answered May 15 '17 at 17:06

ctx

what if i wanted to run it on C:/ for example meaning there would be multiple text files with the same string? – Thomas Bishop May 15 '17 at 17:57
if grep -q '#new' "c:/"; then cp "c:/" "/location/of/outputfile" fi
would work?
– Thomas Bishop May 15 '17 at 17:58
Have a look here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/297006/grep-word-within-a-file-then-copy-the-file – ctx May 15 '17 at 18:54

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