Dear All
I am basic user of Unix.
i woul like to delete some files
(basically 05 and 0801111105) from unix directories but unable to delete it
I tried all option. rm , rm -f etc.. but not succeed.
Infact it also not allowing me to use chmod option so that i can grant 777 option to... (1 Reply)
Hi ppl.
I have to check for duplicate files in a directory .
the directory has following files
/the/folder /containing/the/file
a1.yyyymmddhhmmss
a1.yyyyMMddhhmmss
b1.yyyymmddhhmmss
b2.yyyymmddhhmmss
c.yyyymmddhhmmss
d.yyyymmddhhmmss
d.yyyymmddhhmmss
where the date time stamp can be... (1 Reply)
Hello
I'm new to this forum, so I did a quick scan of the FAQs to see if my problem had been addressed already, since I believe it is probably a very common need. I was surprised that I did not see anything obvious.
I need to remove all files from a directory that have a last modified date... (2 Replies)
Hi
I have a problem. One of the directories in /var, on one of my servers, has filled up with loads of files. I have tried to list the directory to see what is in it, but the 'ls' command just hangs. Same thing happens when I try to use 'rm' to remove files from that directory.
I can see what... (2 Replies)
I'm trying to remove several directories which contains sun-dirs and files inside.
I used the command rm -r <dirname>
But, it always ask "examine file in directory <dirname> yes/no?" line by line.
So, i need to write "y" for every line.
How can i skip this step and remove all directories with... (9 Replies)
I have some empty files that were created from a script I ran that I cannot delete using the rm command.... any ideas as how I can delete them?
-rw-r--r-- 1 schroeks x_exp 0 Jul 21 08:24 rrd15CEC
-rw-r--r-- 1 schroeks x_exp 0 Jul 21 11:37 rrd15CEC
-rw-r--r-- ... (20 Replies)
Hi all.
Am doing continuous backup of mailboxes using rsync.
So whenever a new mail arrives it is automatically copied on backup server.
When a new mail arrives it is named as xyz:2, when it is read by the email client an S is appended xyz:2,S
Eventually , 2 copies of the same file exist on... (7 Replies)
Hi All,
i need to move two types of files from a directory.
I have used the below command to find the files from the directory..
SOURCE_DIR="some directory path"
TARGET_DIR="Target Dir"
Datestamp=Date_format
find $SOURCE_DIR \( -name "*.log" -o -name "*.out" ) - exec ls -1 {} \;
now i... (9 Replies)
Assume I want to remove a whole directory tree beginning with /foo/bar/
The directory or sub-directories may contain files.
The top directory /foo/bar/ itself should not be deleted.
rm -f- r /foo/bar
does not work because it requires a directory tree without files.
How does it work... (3 Replies)
Hi Folks,
There is a job which generates a .zip files every day at /usr/app/generated directory , now please advise for the script that will delete this zip files permanently.but while deleting it should make sure that it will not delete the last two days recently generated zip files and this... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: punpun66
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
unlink
UNLINK(1) User Commands UNLINK(1)NAME
unlink - call the unlink function to remove the specified file
SYNOPSIS
unlink FILE
unlink OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Call the unlink function to remove the specified FILE.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Michael Stone.
REPORTING BUGS
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Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO unlink(2)
The full documentation for unlink is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and unlink programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info coreutils 'unlink invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb September 2011 UNLINK(1)