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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting rm long list of files in a directory Post 302346371 by methyl on Friday 21st of August 2009 04:35:21 PM
Old 08-21-2009
Leppie version is good. It will execute "rm" for each file like all sensible solutions. I can't see a way of testing it without deleting files.

In a modern unix, frequently executed programs are cached in memory and don't give the performance issues of 1980's unix. Similarly issuing a continuous stream of "exec" calls no longer crashes the kernel.

There are many methods to process large numbers of files, but to my mind the most important aspect is to be able to test what will happen in advance.

There is much variation in the "find" command depending on your version and vintage of unix or Linux. It always helps to state yout Operating System and preferred shell.

For example the "-maxdepth" parameter to "find" is not found in many unixes.
Last edited by methyl; 08-21-2009 at 05:40 PM.. Reason: Remove unwanted "previous edit" lines
 

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set_color(1)							       fish							      set_color(1)

NAME

       set_color - set_color - set the terminal color

set_color - set the terminal color
   Synopsis
       set_color [-v --version] [-h --help] [-b --background COLOR] [COLOR]

   Description
       Change the foreground and/or background color of the terminal. COLOR is one of black, red, green, brown, yellow, blue, magenta, purple,
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