#this print out all files
dir=/root/etc/
find $dir -name "*.txt"

find "$dir" -name '*.txt' -exec rm -i {} \;

Code:

for file in *.txt
do
   printf "%s: delete (Y/N): " "$file"
   read x
   case $x in
      [yY]) rm "$file" ;;
   esac 
   echo
done

find $dir -name "*.txt" -exec echo "delete y/n" {} \; read x {} \;

 
#!/bin/sh
for file in *.txt
do
        echo " \"$file\" delete(Y/N) :"
        read opt
        case $opt in
        [yY])rm "$file"
                echo "$file removed........."
        ;;
        esac
done

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calypso Code: for file in `find $dir -name "*.txt"`; do The only problem is that some files have spaces in their names for example "/etc/space inFilename" and then it prints the file out twice ie /etc/space inFilename is there anyway to print it out as one?

Code:

find $dir -name "*.txt" |
  while IFS= read -r file; do

find $dir -name "*.txt" | while IFS= read -r file; do
  mv -i $file `echo file | sed 's/ //g'`
done