this will remove only files that were successfully copied to the remote host and can handle odd characters in the filenames (like with spaces in the filenames)
export IFS=$'\n'; for file in $(find . -type f -name "*.txt"); do scp "$file" u...@server:/path/to/dir/. && rm -f "$file"; done On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 12:46:27PM -0700, J.T.F. wrote: > > to also delete the file that was sent, I'll assume that you would do > > for file in *.txt; do scp *.txt u...@server:/path/to/directory/.; rm - > f *.txt; done > > This folder will be actively having more files dropped into it. I > don't want to accidentally delete a file that wasn't scp'd. > > Thanks > > > > On Oct 5, 3:15 pm, hard wyrd <[email protected]> wrote: > > for file in *.txt; do scp *.txt u...@server:/path/to/directory/.; done > > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:24 AM, JTF <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This will probably be a no-brainer for many here; > > > > > Is it possible to do this in a single line of code? > > > > > Find any .txt files > > > SECURE copy (scp) them to another sytem > > > delete the file > > > > > Thanks > > > JEFF > > > > -- > > Penguin, penguin, and more penguin. > > > > Believe that within the brain is a brain, and within it another brain, and > > so on and so forth. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
