How Do I Copy a Grep File in Linux?

How do I copy a grep output?

5 Answers

1. grep -l option to output file names only.
2. xargs to convert file list from the standard input to command line arguments.
3. cp -t option to specify target directory (and avoid using placeholders)

How do I copy a selected file in Linux?

Simply copy multiple files at once from command line

The syntax uses the cp command followed by the path to the directory the desired files are located in with all the files you wish to copy wrapped in brackets and separated by commas. Make sure to note that there are no spaces between the files.