Shell : deleting only first 2 files in a directory
I have 4 files in a directory and want to delete only first 2 files only..
Code:
$ ls -ltr
total 640
-rw-r--r-- 1 user other 148779 Oct 12 10:50 file1.xls
-rw-r--r-- 1 user other 148779 Oct 12 10:50 file2.xls
-rw-r--r-- 1 user other 148779 Oct 12 10:50 file3.xls
-rw-r--r-- 1 user other 148779 Oct 12 10:50 file4.xls
I have used the below code but getting an error
Code:
$ ls -ltr file* | head -n 2 | rm
usage: rm [-fiRr] file ...
Could anyone please let me know how to delete only the first 2 files ?
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use shell script:
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Example:
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in unix command prompt
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I have a file inside abc/def/ghi directory. let say a.txt
I need to delete this a.txt from abc itself.
I have tried
ls /abc/def/ghi | xargs rm -r
its saying
rm: a.txt non-existent
also tried rm -rf /def/ghi
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