How to search for files based on content and then move them to a different directory

Question

_{Friday, April 29, 2011 2:21 AM}

looking for a simple one like way to move files from one location to another based on the content within the files.

what i need is to search a directory with 10,000+ text files and search the first line in the text file for a specific word and move the files that match the filter to another directory.

So far I have this and it anit working. 

get-childitem c:\test\ -filter *.txt -recurse | select-string -list -pattern "XYZContent" | foreach-object -process [move-item c:\test\ c:\test2\

All replies (2)

_{Friday, April 29, 2011 3:13 AM ✅Answered}

get-childitem c:\test\ -filter *.txt -recurse | select-string -list -pattern "XYZContent" | move -dest C:\test2

_{Friday, April 29, 2011 3:47 AM}

Worked like a champ! took a little while to plow through all 10,000 plus files but it did it! 

Thanks