06-06-2007
how to remove files with only numbers as file names?
Hi all,
I have a bunch of files that are named like 12543, 467249877, etc all over some directories.These files are named only with numbers, they dont have any letters or special characters in their file names. Could you please help me out and give me some command/script to remove only those files?
I really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Praveen
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have spaces in between file names.
"Material Header.txt"
"Customer Header.txt"
"Vendor Header.txt"
And how can I remove spaces between file names like below
MaterialHeader.txt
CustomerHeader.txt
VendorHeader.txt
Thanks
Srimitta (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: srimitta
10 Replies
2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Guru's,
Before writing to this forum I have searched extensively on this forum about my problem.
I have to write a shell script which takes out only those file names from the given directory which contains only numbers. For example, In the given directory these files are present:
... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: spranm
0 Replies
3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi Guru's,
Before writing to this forum I have searched extensively on this forum about my problem.
I have to write a shell script which takes out only those file names from the given directory which contains only numbers. For example, In the given directory these files are present:
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: spranm
4 Replies
4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all.
I have a directory which contains files that can be versioned. All the files are named according to a pattern like this:
TEXTSTRING1-001.EXTENSION
TEXTSTRING2-001.EXTENSION
TEXTSTRING3-001.EXTENSION
...
TEXTSTRINGn-001.EXTENSION
If a file is versioned, a file called
... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: fox1212
10 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there,
Firstly, I have no experience with shell scripts so would really appreciate some help.
I have the following shell script that is causing some problems:
moveit()
{
&& set -x
if
then
DOUBLE_DELIVERY=$(grep... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: thebeno
6 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm running on freebsd -- with a default shell of csh.
I have two files named A and B. Each line of each file contains a file name. How can I write a script that removes all the file names in file B from A.
I tried to use perl to create a huge regular expression with "|" separating the file... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: siegfried
2 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have some thousand files with names like 1.syl, 2.syl, 5.syl etc.
These files contain one sentence each. I want to store all those sentences along with the file ID that is 1, 2, 5 with the sentences they contain.
For example,
1.syl has
this is a test line
2.syl has
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: shoaibjameel123
3 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm currently working on a script that extracts files from a .zip, runs an sha1sum against them and then uses awk to pre-format them into zomething more readable thusly:
Z 69 89e013b0d8aa2f9a79fcec4f2d71c6a469222c07 File1
Z 69 6c3aea28ce22b495e68e022a1578204a9de908ed File2
Z 69... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Ethereal
5 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Data files coming in different names in a file name called process.txt.
1. shipments_yyyymmdd.gz
2 Order_yyyymmdd.gz
3. Invoice_yyyymmdd.gz
4. globalorder_yyyymmdd.gz
The process needs to discard all the below files and only process two of the 4 file names available
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: dsravanam
1 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
If I have 5 files in a directory, what is the best way to remove specific files in it?
For example,
snps.ivg
probes.ivg
Desired output
probes.ivg
probes.txt
all.txt
Basically, removing those files with "snp" in the filename regardless of extension. Thank you :). (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
2 Replies
rm(1) General Commands Manual rm(1)
Name
rm, rmdir - remove (unlink) files or directories
Syntax
rm [-f] [-r] [-i] [-] file-or-directory-name...
rmdir directory-name...
Description
The command removes the entries for one or more files from a directory. If there are no links to the file then the file is destroyed. For
further information, see
The command removes entries for the named directories, which must be empty. If they are not empty, the directories remain, and displays an
error message (see EXAMPLES).
To remove a file, you must have write permission in its directory, but you do not need read or write permission on the file itself. When
you are using from a terminal, and you do not have write permission on the file, the command asks for confirmation before destroying the
file.
If input is redirected from the standard input device (your terminal), then checks to ensure that input is not coming from your terminal.
If not, sets the -f option, which overrides the file protection, and removes the files silently, regardless of what you have specified in
the file redirected as input to See EXAMPLES.
Options
- Specifies that the named files have names beginning with a minus (for example ).
-f Forces the removal of file or directory without first requesting confirmation. Only system or usage messages are displayed.
-i Prompts for yes or no response before removing each entry. Does not ask when combined with the -f option. If you type a y, followed
by any combination of characters, a yes response is assumed.
-r Recursively removes all entries from the specified directory and, then, removes the entry for that directory from its parent direc-
tory.
Examples
The following example shows how to remove a file in your current working directory.
rm myfile
This example shows use of the null option to remove a file beginning with a minus sign.
rm - -gorp
This example shows how a confirmation is requested for removal of a file for which you do not have write permission.
rm testfile
rm: override protection 400 for testfile? y
This example shows how the combination of -i and -r options lets you examine all the files in a directory before removing them. In the
example, mydirectory is a subdirectory of the current working directory. Note that the last question requests confirmation before removing
the directory itself. Although the user types ``y'', requesting removal of the directory, the command does not allow this, because the
directory is not empty; the user typed ``n'' to the question about the file file2 , so file2 was not removed.
rm -ir mydirectory
rm: remove mydirectory/file1? y
rm: remove mydirectory/file2? n
.
.
.
rm: remove mydirectory? y
rm: mydirectory: Directory not empty
This example illustrates that overrides file protection when input is redirected from the standard input device. The user creates a file
named ``alfie'', with a read-only file protection. The user then creates a file named ``ans'' to contain the character ``n''. The command
following destroys the file ``alfie'', even though the redirected input file requested no deletion.
cat > alfie
hello
^d
chmod 444 alfie
cat > ans
n
^d
rm < ans alfie
See Also
unlink(2)
rm(1)