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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Sheel script to Delete a set of files from a given directory Post 302306550 by sauron on Monday 13th of April 2009 05:58:31 AM
Old 04-13-2009
Hi,
bash tells you "command not found" because you typed [-f ... without spaces,
anyway the option "-f" check a single file so even if you write the if statement the right way, the code you posted won't work.

Anyway if you want to delete files you can try this:

Code:
for FILES in $(cat <filestodelete>); do 
rm /path_to_your_directory/$FILES
done

if you want to send the directory as a parameter of the script, you can try what follow

./script_to_delete_files.sh <directory>
in your code you'll write:

[[ -z "$1" ]] && echo "you must enter a dir" && exit 0
[[ ! -d "$1" ]] && echo "Directory $1 doesn't exist" && exit 0

for FILES in $(cat <filestodelete>); do
rm /path_before_your_directory/$1/$FILES
done

Hope it helps

Bye
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 04-13-2009 at 07:32 AM.. Reason: added code tags
 

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script

script(1)						      General Commands Manual							 script(1)

NAME

       script - Makes a transcript of terminal session

SYNOPSIS

       script [-a] [file]

       The script command makes a transcript of everything printed on your terminal.

OPTIONS

       Appends the transcript to file rather than writing it to file.

OPERANDS

       The name of an output file that will contain the transcript of the session.  If this parameter is omitted, the file typescript is written.

DESCRIPTION

       The transcript is written to file, or appended to file if the -a option is given.  If no file name is given, the transcript is saved in the
       file typescript.

       The script ends when the forked shell exits.

       This program is useful when you are using a CRT and want a hard-copy record of the dialog (for example, a technical writer might create	an
       example of a working session this way).

       If you specify the -a option and the file does not exist, it is created.

       If you do not specify the -a option and the file exists, it is replaced.

RESTRICTIONS

       The  script command requires a streams based terminal.  In single user mode, streams may not be enabled.  Under these circumstances, script
       will exit with no action.  If you are the superuser and need to run this command in single user mode, use the  following  special  instruc-
       tions.

   Enabling Streams
       If it is necessary to enable a streams environment in the single user mode, enter the command /sbin/init.d/streams.  This command is avail-
       able to the superuser only.

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  autopush(8), cat(1), echo(1), strsetup(8), tee(1)

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