On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 10:48:18AM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 11:40:20AM +0530, yoganjaneyulu kasetti wrote: > > > hi, > > > > I have a problem for deleting files using script........please some one can > > guide me for the same. > > > > I have some files with the extension of ".chk" extension along with the > > extension of ".log" and ".gjf" extension in the folder called different > > *input > > folders. *I wanted to delete the ".chk" file extension having files. If i go > > to individual input folder manually i can delete the file with *rm* command > > line by but i would like to delete all the ".chk" files extension files at a > > time through scripting rather than manual. So please some one help me for > > the same. > > /student/sweety/gaussiandata/*1249624064640*/input > > > > /student/sweety/gaussiandata/*1261202703914*/input > > > > /student/sweety/gaussiandata/*1263357080155*/input > > > > /student/sweety/gaussiandata/*1289106407303*/input > > Your examples given here don't seem to match quite what you are asking > as far as I see. Maybe I am looking at it wrong. > > But, anyway, can't you just the -R switch on the rm? > > cd top_of_tree_with_files_to_delete > rm -R *.chk > rm -R *.log > rm -R *.gjk > > Or am I missing something. > > ////jerry
It could be that the OP has more files than the glob can handle. (With most shells there's a restriction....or used to be). I'm also reluctant to use a glob with rm without the -i. With find(1) you can do a dry run first before giving it the -delete argument. The OP also wants to use -maxdepth 1 with find(1) if he doesn't want to traverse the tree below his target dir. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
