RE: [Perl-unix-users] Removing a set of consecutive file names from a directory

2003-12-01 Thread Matt Schneider
You could do something like this: # get a list of log files somehow @logs = `ls *.log`; # remove the new lines from the end of each element due to # the way I generated the list chomp @logs; # make sure the list is in order @logs = sort @logs; # remove all but the last 10 archive log files and the

Re: [Perl-unix-users] Removing a set of consecutive file names from a directory

2003-12-01 Thread $Bill Luebkert
Craig Sharp wrote: > It sounds simple but here is the situation. > > I have DB2 creating log files. Each file name is consecutive. > > Eg: > > S628.LOG > S629.LOG > S630.LOG > S631.LOG > S632.LOG > S633.LOG > S634.LOG > S635.LOG > S636.LOG > S637.LOG > S

Re: [Perl-unix-users] Removing a set of consecutive file names from a directory

2003-12-01 Thread $Bill Luebkert
Craig Sharp wrote: > It sounds simple but here is the situation. > > I have DB2 creating log files. Each file name is consecutive. > > Eg: > > S628.LOG > S629.LOG > S630.LOG > S631.LOG > S632.LOG > S633.LOG > S634.LOG > S635.LOG > S636.LOG > S637.LOG > S