remove files from a directory Post: 302337547

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. HP-UX

Want to remove files from unix directory

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...

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

remove duplicate files in a directory

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...

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

remove old files from a directory

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...

4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Can't list or remove files from a directory

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...

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Remove files from a directory using perl

Hi all, I have the following question. Considder that in the directory /code the script remove.pl exists. What i want is to run this script and remove some files that exist in the directory /dir/tmp. I use the below code but it does not work. system("cd /dir/code"); system("rm FileName"); ...

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How to remove directory with subdirectories and files?

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...

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Remove duplicate files in same directory

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...

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Remove two types of files from a directory

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. Shell Programming and Scripting

remove a whole directory tree WITH files inside?

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...

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Remove empty files in home directory

how to remove empty files tried below command its remove only zero bytes not empty file which is greater then zero byte. for x in * do if then rm $x fi done

LEARN ABOUT LINUX

mvdir

mvdir(1M)						  System Administration Commands						 mvdir(1M)

NAME

       mvdir - move a directory

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/mvdir dirname name

DESCRIPTION

       mvdir  moves  directories within a file system. dirname must be a directory. If name does not exist, it will be created as a directory.	If
       name does exist, and is a directory, dirname will be created as name/dirname. dirname and  name may not be on the same path; that  is,  one
       may not be subordinate to the other. For example:

	      example% mvdir x/y x/z

       is legal, but

	      example% mvdir x/y x/y/z

       is not.

OPERANDS

       dirname	       The name of the directory that is to be moved to another directory in the filesystem.

       name	       The  name  of the directory into which dirname is to be moved. If name does not exist, it will be created. It may not be on
		       the same path as dirname.

USAGE

       See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of mvdir when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2**31 bytes).

EXIT STATUS

       0	Successful operation.

       >0	Operation failed.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       mkdir(1), mv(1), attributes(5), largefile(5)

SunOS 5.10							    14 Mar 1997 							 mvdir(1M)

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. HP-UX

Want to remove files from unix directory

Discussion started by: yogi_chavan

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

remove duplicate files in a directory

Discussion started by: asinha63

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

remove old files from a directory

Discussion started by: 2davidc8

4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Can't list or remove files from a directory

Discussion started by: m_smith