The grep removes any line containing a number in the last component of the path name. Maybe you should run it with "xargs echo rm" first just to see that it does what you want.
You could also play around with find -type d \! -name '*[0-9]*'
Hello,
I need a hand with a script im trying to make. I have a directory
/usr/db/mail with a bunch of subdirectories such as
/usr/db/mail/domain1.com
/usr/db/mail/domain2.com etc. etc.
all of these directories in turn have sub directories of their own. What I need to do is search all of... (1 Reply)
*Just realized that i posted this in the wrong forum. should have been in Shell, though it is on AIX...
Hi.
I'm trying to write a script that will delete all directories found, that are not named as a "number" (year)...
here is what i mean, let's say i have within /data/exports the... (8 Replies)
I am new to shell programming and have an assignment question which requires me to list the contents of the present working directory in 4 column format and highlight any subdirectories. It then requires me to develop the shell script to accept a directory name as a positional parameter (if no... (11 Replies)
Hi
I have 10 directories.I want to delete all the dicrectories except the three recent directories based on timestamp.I am new to BASH can u help me? (1 Reply)
Hi All
after looking around the website and various other resources I become stuck. I'm trying to rename directories from
Firstname Initial Lastname to lastname,_firstname_initial
so far ive got
for f in {./}
do
rename -n 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *
rename -n 's/\ /_/g' * ... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a requirement like,
I need to create the directory with date and time stap (i.e YYYYMMDDHMS) every day end need to delete the old directories which is 12 months old. I have tested with following script
cd /export/home/sbeeravo/; find . -type d -mtime +365 -exec rm -rf {} \;
... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I'm trying to figure out how best to approach this script, and I have very little experience, so I could use all the help I can get. :wall:
I regularly need to delete files from many directories.
A file with the same name may exist any number of times in different subdirectories.... (3 Replies)
I have a task, I usually do manually, but with growing responsibilities I tend to forget to do this weekly, I want to write a script that automates this, but I cant seem to work it out in my head, I have the shell of it out, but need help, and you guys have helped me with EVERY problem I have... (5 Replies)
Hello,
I need help in writing the shell script for below mentioned case.
There are 2 servers(server A, server B).
A cronjob syncs files between these 2 servers.
Existing script is copying files from A to B.
This is done using the command rsync.
However, the files are not deleted... (2 Replies)
Hello,
How would I write a BASH script to remove all sub directories in a root level directory that are older than
10 days, but exclude directories owned by certain users. I would need to run as a cron job once a week.
Thank you
-John (2 Replies)
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xargs
XARGS(1L)XARGS(1L)NAME
xargs - build and execute command lines from standard input
SYNOPSIS
xargs [-0prtx] [-e[eof-str]] [-i[replace-str]] [-l[max-lines]] [-n max-args] [-s max-chars] [-P max-procs] [--null] [--eof[=eof-str]]
[--replace[=replace-str]] [--max-lines[=max-lines]] [--interactive] [--max-chars=max-chars] [--verbose] [--exit] [--max-procs=max-procs]
[--max-args=max-args] [--no-run-if-empty] [--version] [--help] [command [initial-arguments]]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of xargs. xargs reads arguments from the standard input, delimited by blanks (which can be pro-
tected with double or single quotes or a backslash) or newlines, and executes the command (default is /bin/echo) one or more times with any
initial-arguments followed by arguments read from standard input. Blank lines on the standard input are ignored.
xargs exits with the following status:
0 if it succeeds
123 if any invocation of the command exited with status 1-125
124 if the command exited with status 255
125 if the command is killed by a signal
126 if the command cannot be run
127 if the command is not found
1 if some other error occurred.
OPTIONS
--null, -0
Input filenames are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash are not special (every
character is taken literally). Disables the end of file string, which is treated like any other argument. Useful when arguments
might contain white space, quote marks, or backslashes. The GNU find -print0 option produces input suitable for this mode.
--eof[=eof-str], -e[eof-str]
Set the end of file string to eof-str. If the end of file string occurs as a line of input, the rest of the input is ignored. If
eof-str is omitted, there is no end of file string. If this option is not given, the end of file string defaults to "_".
--help Print a summary of the options to xargs and exit.
--replace[=replace-str], -i[replace-str]
Replace occurences of replace-str in the initial arguments with names read from standard input. Also, unquoted blanks do not termi-
nate arguments. If replace-str is omitted, it defaults to "{}" (like for `find -exec'). Implies -x and -l 1.
--max-lines[=max-lines], -l[max-lines]
Use at most max-lines nonblank input lines per command line; max-lines defaults to 1 if omitted. Trailing blanks cause an input
line to be logically continued on the next input line. Implies -x.
--max-args=max-args, -n max-args
Use at most max-args arguments per command line. Fewer than max-args arguments will be used if the size (see the -s option) is
exceeded, unless the -x option is given, in which case xargs will exit.
--interactive, -p
Prompt the user about whether to run each command line and read a line from the terminal. Only run the command line if the response
starts with `y' or `Y'. Implies -t.
--no-run-if-empty, -r
If the standard input does not contain any nonblanks, do not run the command. Normally, the command is run once even if there is no
input.
--max-chars=max-chars, -s max-chars
Use at most max-chars characters per command line, including the command and initial arguments and the terminating nulls at the ends
of the argument strings. The default is as large as possible, up to 20k characters.
--verbose, -t
Print the command line on the standard error output before executing it.
--version
Print the version number of xargs and exit.
--exit, -x
Exit if the size (see the -s option) is exceeded.
--max-procs=max-procs, -P max-procs
Run up to max-procs processes at a time; the default is 1. If max-procs is 0, xargs will run as many processes as possible at a
time. Use the -n option with -P; otherwise chances are that only one exec will be done.
SEE ALSO find(1L), locate(1L), locatedb(5L), updatedb(1) Finding Files (on-line in Info, or printed)
XARGS(1L)