05-30-2006
batch delete using find, files with # character
UPDATE: Sorry, disregard this.
It did work, I made a mistake; I just shouldn't have been using maxdepth.
I do think it is good to know, however, that
find | grep '#' | xargs rm
will "clean up" funnily named files in a directory. Of course, some of those funnily named files are there for a reason so use with care...
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I want to delete files containing #.
find -maxdepth 1 | grep '#'
gives me the files I want to delete, but when I try piping this into xargs with
find -maxdepth 1 | grep '#' | xargs rm
I get
rm: missing operand.
Is there some way I can get batched delete of files with special chars?
Thanks!
Last edited by tphyahoo; 05-30-2006 at 01:11 PM..
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zfgrep
ZGREP(1) BSD General Commands Manual ZGREP(1)
NAME
zgrep, zegrep, zfgrep -- print lines matching a pattern in gzip-compressed files
SYNOPSIS
zgrep [grep-flags] [--] pattern [files ...]
zegrep [grep-flags] [--] pattern [file ...]
zfgrep [grep-flags] [--] pattern [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
zgrep runs grep(1) on files or stdin, if no files argument is given, after decompressing them with zcat(1).
The grep-flags and pattern arguments are passed on to grep(1). If an -e flag is found in the grep-flags, zgrep will not look for a pattern
argument.
zegrep calls egrep(1), while zfgrep calls fgrep(1).
EXIT STATUS
In case of missing arguments or missing pattern, 1 will be returned, otherwise 0.
SEE ALSO
egrep(1), fgrep(1), grep(1), gzip(1), zcat(1)
AUTHORS
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