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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers remove files from a directory Post 302337687 by freddie88 on Friday 24th of July 2009 04:32:01 PM
Old 07-24-2009
ls -lia | sed -n l

Code:
 $ls -lia | sed -n l
total 27$
 8245 drwxr-xr-x    2 schroeks x_exp           512 Jul 23 12:58 .$
 8242 drwxr-xr-x    4 root     x_exp           512 Jun 03 21:32 ..$
 8261 -rw-------    1 schroeks x_exp           333 Jul 10 09:40 .bash_h\
istory$
 8257 -rw-r--r--    1 schroeks x_exp          2525 Jun 04 11:42 .dircol\
ors$
 8246 -rwxr-----    1 schroeks x_exp           824 May 20 23:10 .profil\
e$
 8267 -rw-------    1 schroeks x_exp          5544 Jul 24 15:15 .sh_his\
tory$
 8259 -rw-------    1 schroeks x_exp           124 Jul 23 13:22 .vi_his\
tory$
 8258 -rwxr-xr-x    1 schroeks x_exp           768 Jul 21 13:16 cdrrd$
 8273 -rwxr-----    1 schroeks x_exp          1492 Jul 23 12:56 cdrrd1$
 8263 -rw-r--r--    1 schroeks x_exp             0 Jul 23 10:00 rrd$
 8260 -rw-r--r--    1 schroeks x_exp             0 Jul 21 08:24 rrd15CC\
\033[DEC$
 8265 -rw-r--r--    1 schroeks x_exp             0 Jul 21 11:37 rrd15CC\
\177EC$
 8266 -rw-r--r--    1 schroeks x_exp             0 Jul 21 11:59 rrd15CE\
V\033[DC$
 8253 -rw-r--r--    1 schroeks x_exp             0 Jul 21 08:47 rrd15E\
\177CEC$
 8279 -rw-r--r--    1 schroeks x_exp             0 Jul 21 15:48 rrd21CE\
<\177M$
 8276 -rw-r--r--    1 schroeks x_exp             0 Jul 21 15:39 rrd21CE\
C$
 8275 -rw-r--r--    1 schroeks x_exp             0 Jul 23 08:12 rrd21CM\
\177EM$



---------- Post updated at 03:32 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:26 PM ----------

unfortunatley the script has been changed and I am not creating any more of the files in question but would like to clean up bad files.

just so you can see what I was doing although this may not help now.

Code:
#!/bin/bash

clear

echo "Please enter the date for CD info wanted: \c"
read rrd_date

echo "Please enter CEC CEM or CEP: \c"
read file_name

sleep 2

# Create the output file with CEC CEP or CEM information

echo "Creating $file_name file"

cd /opt/cdunix/work/vcndm

 sleep 2

grep $file_name S2*$rrd_date.* >~/rrd$rrd_date$file_name                S20090722.045

echo "output rrd$rrd_date$file_name file created"

 sleep 2

FILE=~/rrd$rrd_date$file_name

echo $FILE

FS="|"

while read line
do
        # store field 1
        F1=$(echo $line | cut -d$FS -f1)
        echo "$F1" > cdrrdout	
        # store field 2
        F2=$(echo $line | cut -d$FS -f2)
        echo "$F2" > cdrrdout	
        # store field 18
        F18=$(echo $line | cut -d$FS -f18)
        echo "$F18" > cdrrdout
        # store field 19
        F19=$(echo $line | cut -d$FS -f19)
        echo "$F19" > cdrrdout$rrd_date$file_name
        echo "cdrrdout file $rrd_date$file_name has been created"

done < $FILE

 

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VIDIR(1)																  VIDIR(1)

NAME
vidir - edit directory SYNOPSIS
vidir [--verbose] [directory|file|-] ... DESCRIPTION
vidir allows editing of the contents of a directory in a text editor. If no directory is specified, the current directory is edited. When editing a directory, each item in the directory will appear on its own numbered line. These numbers are how vidir keeps track of what items are changed. Delete lines to remove files from the directory, or edit filenames to rename files. You can also switch pairs of numbers to swap filenames. Note that if "-" is specified as the directory to edit, it reads a list of filenames from stdin and displays those for editing. Alternatively, a list of files can be specified on the command line. OPTIONS
-v, --verbose Verbosely display the actions taken by the program. EXAMPLES
vidir vidir *.jpeg Typical uses. find | vidir - Edit subdirectory contents too. To delete subdirectories, delete all their contents and the subdirectory itself in the editor. find -type f | vidir - Edit all files under the current directory and subdirectories. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
EDITOR Editor to use. VISUAL Also supported to determine what editor to use. AUTHOR
Copyright 2006 by Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> Licensed under the GNU GPL. moreutils 2010-04-28 VIDIR(1)
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