Clean directories by reading from file

max_payne1234 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008

I have a file in following format
directory1=/out/log
purgedays1=4
extn1=log,out,txt
directory2=/clean/log
purgedays2=4
extn2=log,out

now i need need to create a script that reads this file and cleans all the files with the given extn from the given directory.
The catch here is that number of entries in the extn field may vary.
Please help!!

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008

a start

Code:

while read value
do
     eval $value
done < file
for ext in $(echo $extn1 | tr -s ',' ' ')
do
     find $directory1 -mtime -$purgedays1 -name \*."$ext" -exec rm -f  {} \;
done

max_payne1234 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-23-2008

Thanks a ton!! let me try it ..wil get back to you with latest

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