moving files

If they are in an input file and assuming they will all follow the same pattern (ex. file1 becomes file1.old, filexyz becomes filexyz.old) you can write a small for loop in a script or run it from the command line if you'd like.

for FILE in `cat input_file`
do
mv $FILE $NEWFILE
done

This also works if you just want to move the files to a new directory and not change the name
for FILE in `cat input_file`
do
mv $FILE /new_directory
done

Or you can still change the name in the new directory to
for FILE in `cat input_file`
do
mv $FILE /new_directory/newfile
done

This basically says that you will cat the input file and for each line (identified by variable $FILE) you want to execute the mv command on that line (variable) and move it to the new destination. The ` ` are just a way of enclosing an executable command. You can also do this with your grep in this manner

for FILE in `your commands piped from grep`
do
mv $FILE wherever
done

I hope this helps.

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