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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Help need with remove command Post 302782295 by pinnacle on Monday 18th of March 2013 01:15:18 PM
Old 03-18-2013
Code:
    echo 'Preparing to remove the following files:'
    ec=1
    printf "\t%s\n" ${INPUTDIR:?'$INPUTDIR is not correctly set'}/${PATTERNA:?'$PATTERNA is not correctly set'}*
    if $(rm $INPUTDIR/$PATTERNA*); then
        printf "\t%s\n" $INPUTDIR/${PATTERNB:?'$PATTERNB is not correctly set'}*
        if $(rm $INPUTDIR/$PATTERNB*); then
            printf "\t%s\n" ${TEMPDIR:?'$TEMPDIR is not correctly set'}/$PATTERNB*
            if $(rm $TEMPDIR/$PATTERNB*); then
                printf "\t%s\n" ${CONTROLDIR:?'$CONTROLDIR is not correctly set'}/$PATTERNB*.cmd
                if $(rm $CONTROLDIR/$PATTERNB*.cmd); then
                    echo 'All Files Deleted Successfully!!'
                    ec=0
                fi
            fi
        fi
    fi
    if [ $ec -ne 0 ]; then
        echo 'Some Files Were Not Deleted!!'
    fi

The above code is failing when it finds no files with the specified pattern.
I used
Code:
rm -f

in that case the variable check we are doing to check if rm was successfull will not be any longer useful since
Code:
 rm -f

will always return 0.

Is there any other way to do this ?
And also if time permits could you help me with code to delete files that could have space in their name.
 

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locale::codes::langvar

Locale::Codes::LangVar(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			       Locale::Codes::LangVar(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Codes::LangVar - standard codes for language variation identification

SYNOPSIS

	  use Locale::Codes::LangVar;

	  $lvar = code2langvar('acm');		       # $lvar gets 'Mesopotamian Arabic'
	  $code = langvar2code('Mesopotamian Arabic'); # $code gets 'acm'

	  @codes   = all_langvar_codes();
	  @names   = all_langvar_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::LangVar" module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language variations, such as those as defined in
       the IANA language registry.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default IANA language
       registry codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language variations. A code set may be specified using either a name, or
       a constant that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $lvar = code2langvar('en','alpha-2');
	  $lvar = code2langvar('en',LOCALE_CODE_ALPHA_2);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha
	   This is the set of alphanumeric codes from the IANA language registry, such as 'arevela' for Eastern Armenian.

	   This code set is identified with the symbol "LOCALE_LANGVAR_ALPHA".

	   This is the default code set.

ROUTINES

       code2langvar ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       langvar2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       langvar_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_langvar_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_langvar_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::rename_langvar  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::add_langvar  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::delete_langvar  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::add_langvar_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::delete_langvar_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::rename_langvar_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::add_langvar_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangVar::delete_langvar_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry
	   The IANA language subtag registry.

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.18.2							    2014-01-06					       Locale::Codes::LangVar(3pm)
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