Thread: Copy files/folders with GREP

i'm attempting find particular word wherever appears within massive directory listing of teeny tiny text files -- , copy files containing word "staging" directory.

whenever use command below (on test folder of smaller scale), never carries directory structure attempts copy files within "output" folder.

code:

cp `grep -ir 'word' *` output

on how copy these text files , have them retain sort of directory structure?


thanks,
chris

try along lines of (from folder want copy):

code:

grep -lzir 'word' . | cpio --null -pvd /path/to/target-dir

p.s. btw, depending on file contents grep might give unexpected results. e.g. grep 'rain' matches "grain".

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