On 14 dec 2005, at 05:44, user wrote:
I always do loops in /bin/sh like this:
for f in `cat file` ; do rm -rf $f ; done
Easy. I like doing it like this.
The problem is, when I am dealing with an input list that has multiple
words per line, this chops it up and treats every word as a new
Hello user,
This worked for me:
xargs -I% rm % < file
Björn
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user wrote:
I always do loops in /bin/sh like this:
for f in `cat file` ; do rm -rf $f ; done
Easy. I like doing it like this.
The problem is, when I am dealing with an input list that has multiple
words per line, this chops it up and treats every word as a new line...
For instance, lets say
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:44:42 -0500 (EST), user wrote
> I always do loops in /bin/sh like this:
>
> for f in `cat file` ; do rm -rf $f ; done
Hi,
try instead:
cat file | while read f ; do rm -f "$f" ; done
In your command `file' is presented as
10,000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged - 01 - These Are Days
I always do loops in /bin/sh like this:
for f in `cat file` ; do rm -rf $f ; done
Easy. I like doing it like this.
The problem is, when I am dealing with an input list that has multiple
words per line, this chops it up and treats every word as a new line...
For instance, lets say I have a fil
