Copy files if they contain a string

[somen]

Hello Guys,

I'd like to ask your help. I'm a beginner in batch programming, so don't be too hard with me.
I need to write a batch command, which copies files if they contain certain string.
I googled findstr /m "string" *.dat, but I don't know how to pipeline with copy command. Could you please help me ?

[foxidrive]

Untested:

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@echo off
for %%a in (*.*) do (
findstr /c:"my string to find" "%%a" >nul && copy "%%a" "c:\target folder\"
)

[somen]

Huh, it was very quick ! Thank you mate, it works.

[Fawers]

Perhaps it can be done with FOR /f too?

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@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('findstr /m /c:"string" *.*') do ^
copy "%%a" "C:\path\to\your\folder"