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# 1  
Old 10-11-2007
cannot get the logic
there is a folder with files having two extensions . eg: A.dat and A.cv ,B.dat & B.cv etc . i want to delete files like X.cv , Y.cv because X.dat and Y.dat is not there . tell me a script for this .
# 2  
Old 10-11-2007
Perhaps this.
Code:
for file in /dir/to/search/*.cv
do
  name=${file%.cv}.dat
  if [[ ! -f ${name} ]] ; then
    /bin/rm $file
  fi;
done

Last edited by vino; 10-11-2007 at 08:32 AM..
# 3  
Old 10-11-2007
Try
Code:
for file in *.cv
do
  if [ ! -f $(basename $file .cv).dat ]; then
    rm $file
  fi
done

# 4  
Old 10-11-2007
can u please explain the if condition that u guys have written
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