How to delete specific files with specific content?
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Originally Posted by sank
If the intention is to remove all the files having the given pattern, it could be done as follows:
But if you want to just remove the given pattern from the files in which it occurs, use this:
Sank, you saved me a lot of headache! Thank you. I have another question:
How do i remove specific files with sepecific content?
For example:
I want to remove all files named readme.html which contain words "Please contact us". How to do that?
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Hi,
I have a directory that contains say 100 files named sequencially like input_1.25_50_C1.txt
input_1.25_50_C2.txt
input_1.25_50_C3.txt
input_1.25_50_C4.txt
..
..
..
input_1.25_50_C100.txt
an example of the content in each of the file is:
"NAME" "MEM.SHIP"
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SGRD000001
SGRD000002
SGRD000003
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Dear Experts
my scenario is as follows...
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