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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Shell input to remove every second file in a directory Post 302672129 by PikK45 on Monday 16th of July 2012 03:03:05 AM
Old 07-16-2012
So all you want to do is deleting. Why cant you do that in a single run?
 

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