05-24-2012
Removing a range of files in a directory..
Hi all,
Disclosure: I am very new to Unix, but eager to learn..
I've been tasked with transferring logs to a remote server. After I've verified these logs have transferred correctly I have to remove the source files. The naming scheme is:
/directory/2012.05.01
/directory/2012.05.02
..and so on for multiple years.
I tried:
find
/directory/name -type f -iname "2012.04.[04-30]" -exec rm -f {} \;
Please go easy on me
like I said I'm very new and work by myself on graveyard. So other than google have little to no one to turn to. Any pointers are greatly appreciated..
Thanks,
-J
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NAME
uupick - retrieve files transferred by uuto
SYNOPSIS
uupick [-s system] [--system system]
DESCRIPTION
The uupick program is used to conveniently retrieve files transferred by the uuto program.
For each file transferred by uuto, uupick will display the source system, the file name, and whether the name refers to a regular file or a
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`q'
Quit out of `uupick'.
`RETURN'
Skip the file.
`m [directory]'
Move the file or directory to the specified directory. If no
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`a [directory]'
Move all files from this system to the specified directory. If no
directory is specified, the files are moved to the current
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`p'
List the file on standard output.
`d'
Delete the file.
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OPTIONS
-s system, --system system
Used to restrict `uupick' to only present files transferred from a particular system.
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Turn on particular debugging types. The following types are recognized: abnormal, chat, handshake, uucp-proto, proto, port, config,
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Report version information and exit.
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SEE ALSO
uucp(1), uuto(1)
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