The safest would be something like:
assuming that something else hasn't been done in your script that needs to be undone if the script dies at this point.
I want to run the 'locate' command and then remove what the command finds.
My guess was, locate blahblah |rm -f
but this does not work.
Thanks! (3 Replies)
Hi,
First time on the forum. I have converted some files using the Unix to DOS command but need to strip off the last record that is generated from this conversion that contains just a ^Z. Is there any command that would accomplish this without having to do stream editing? (4 Replies)
I have directory IXNPG7 under which i have seen file ads.c , ads.gif ,
ads.js and lots more with extension .html
I tried to remove the Entire Directory with rm -Rf IXNPG7
but it is saying -- Directory Not empty can't remove
Secondly i tried removing all the files first
using rm *.*... (7 Replies)
find /app01/tomcat_local -name *jsp* -type f -exec rm -r {} \;
I would assume the above is just deleting any *jsp* below the /app01/tomcat_local directory - is this correct as its seems to delete more than I expect.... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
Is there an option for 'rm' to "remove everything but these files"?
For instance if I have:
a.txt <-- I just want to remove this one
a_1.txt
a_2.txt
Is there an option ? for this:
rm -? *_*.txt
Thanks,
ScKaSx (4 Replies)
I have a file from which the Header and the Trailer lines need to be removed. They are confirmed to be the first and the last lines in the file.
I have tried a few commands, but not successful yet. It needs to be implemented urgently, hence any help is greatly appreciated.
Raghu
----------... (1 Reply)
I need to delete some files which are not getting removed not even from root user
-rw-r----- 1 ptml tellin 0 Jul 26 19:23 temp.out1
-rw-r----- 1 ptml tellin 0 Jul 26 19:23 temp.out
-rw-r----- 1 ptml tellin 2 Jul 26 19:23 prev
-rw-r----- 1... (4 Replies)
KSH
A simple remove command is not workin for me. The user has all the access and the return code after remove command is 0. But I am still able to find the file. I have the code as below.
tmplog=/tmp/$fl_nm.$$
main () {
--set of statments
rm -fr $tmplog
RC=$?
} (2 Replies)
hi,
I want to remove first word in all files where first and second word is seperated by comma.
example: a file contains Apple,mango.
i need only mango shoule be there in the file???
Apple, should be removed!!!!!
can anyone help me out???
thanks in advance,
Arun Manas:b: (2 Replies)
I have two questions:
the first is I have a line of code:
printf "What is the id of the patient getting GJB2 analysis : "; read id that stores a user input in a variable $id in the python directory c:/Users/cmccabe/Desktop/Python27/$id.txt
Using rm I get the error cannot remove ... (21 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
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command(1) General Commands Manual command(1)NAME
command - execute a simple command
SYNOPSIS
command_name [argument ...]
DESCRIPTION
enables the shell to treat the arguments as a simple command, suppressing the shell function lookup.
If command_name is not the name of the function, the effect of is the same as omitting command.
Operands
recognizes the following operands:
command_name The name of a HP-UX command or a shell built-in command.
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The command is necessary to allow functions that have the same name as a command to call the command (instead of a recursive call to the
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Nothing in the description of is intended to imply that the command line is parsed any differently than any other simple command. For
example,
is not parsed in any special way that causes or to be treated other than a pipe operator or semicolon or that prevents function lookup on b
or c.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
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RETURN VALUE
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o If fails:
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o If does not fail:
The exit status of is the same as that of the simple command specified by the arguments: command_name[argument ...]
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Create a version of the command that always prints the name of the new working directory whenever it is used:
cd() {
command "$@" >/dev/null
pwd
}
Circumvent the redefined command above, and change directories without printing the name of the new working directory:
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