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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Need help to find the files under a directory Post 302252214 by Sheethal on Wednesday 29th of October 2008 03:40:57 AM
Old 10-29-2008
Hi radoulov,

Thanks for your help.

Since i have lot of files under the directory, i have modified the command like the below,

dbalog=/apps/tmp
if [ -d "$dbalog" ]
then
find $dbalog/* -prune -type f -name "*" -mtime +13 -print | while read FILENAME
do
echo "Deleting file $FILENAME "
rm "$FILENAME"
done
else
echo "dbalog incorrect or missing: $dbalog"
fi

This was working fine. Can you please tell me is there any difference between the command,

Code:
rm "$FILENAME"

and 

rm -- $FILENAME

I know that if we have special characters in the file name then we have to specify the filename in double quotes or have to use -- before the file name. But what is the difference between these two commands. I dont find any difference while executing the command . Please help me on this.

Thanks in advance.
 

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