Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community

Sponsored Content
Full Discussion: Delete files beginning with *
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Delete files beginning with * Post 302794533 by cero on Tuesday 16th of April 2013 09:32:51 AM
Old 04-16-2013
To delete a single file with an asterisk in its name either quote the filename or escape the special character:
Code:
rm '*1'
rm \*2
rm \**

The last rm deletes all files starting with * in the current directory.
To delete a whole directory use the -r flag when you're in the parent directory:
Code:
rm -r yourDirectoryToDelete

 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

delete lines from file2 beginning w/file1

I've been searching around here and other places, but can't put this together... I've got a unique list of words in file 1 (one word on each line). I need to delete each line in file2 that begins with the word in file1. I started this way, but want to know how to use file1 words instead... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: michieka
13 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

delete beginning field.

I want to script out deleting the first field of a file when it is created. I'm looking to store the output of an ls -l commad to a file but leaving off the permissions so when the file is opened I see something like; 2 bin bin 256 Feb 6 2005 mnt 5 root system 256... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: daveisme
2 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Detect lines beginning with double-byte characters (Japanese) and delete

Greetings, I want to use a script (preferably awk) which determines if the first character in a line is double-byte (as in Japanese or Chinese) and deletes it. For example: (in the above quote, I see Japanese on my screen for two lines - with 2 characters in the first and 3 characters in the... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: ubbeauty
8 Replies

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Command to delete numbers at beginning of txt file line

Hello. I have the following issue: my txt file has the following format: train/dr4/fklc0/sx175.txt 0 80282 Severe myopia contributed to Ron's inferiority complex. train/dr4/fklc0/sx355.txt 0 42906 Dolphins are intelligent marine mammals. train/dr4/fklc0/sa2.txt awk 'NR%2==0' test1.txt >... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: li_bi
4 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

renaming files or adding a name in the beginning of all files in a folder

Hi All I have a folder that contains hundreds of file with a names 3.msa 4.msa 21.msa 6.msa 345.msa 456.msa 98.msa ... ... ... I need rename each of this file by adding "core_" in the begiining of each file such as core_3.msa core_4.msa core_21.msa (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Lucky Ali
4 Replies

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How to use wild cards to find files beginning with upper and lower case

Im trying to use wild cards to find files that start with either an upper or lower case letter e.g. list files that beginning with b or B, i also want to sort them by the time they were last modified. e.g latest file created first. At the moment i have the following code that ls -d... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: parker4001
3 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Append variable texts to the beginning of each line in all files in a directory

I am writing a code to append some numbers in the beginning of each line in all the files present in a directory. The number of files are really huge. The files are numbered as 1.sco, 2.sco, 4.sco (Note: 3.sco is missing). The files currently look like this: 1.sco 2 3 5 6 6 7My task is to... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: shoaibjameel123
4 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Append Multiple files with file name in the beginning of line

Hi, I have multiple files having many lines like as bvelow: file Name a.txt abc def def xyz 123 5678 file Name b.txt abc def def xyz 123 5678 I would like to append files in the below format to a new file: file Name c.txt (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: rramkrishnas
7 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Script needed to delete to the list of files in a directory based on last created & delete them

Hi My directory structure is as below. dir1, dir2, dir3 I have the list of files to be deleted in the below path as below. /staging/retain_for_2years/Cleanup/log $ ls -lrt total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody nobody 256 Mar 01 16:15 01-MAR-2015_SPDBS2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: prasadn
2 Replies

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Removing characters from beginning of multiple files

Hi, I have been searching how to do this but I can't seem to find how to do it. Hopefully someone can help. I have multiplr files, 100's example 12345-zxys.213423.zyz.txt. I want to be able to take all these files and remove the first '12345-' from each of the files. '12345-' these characters... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: israr75
5 Replies

LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

bnftp

BNFTP(1)							BNETD User's Manual							  BNFTP(1)

NAME

       bnftp - Battle.net file transfer client

SYNOPSIS

       bnftp [options] [servername [serverport]]

DESCRIPTION

       bnftp  is  a simple program for downloading data files from a bnetd server.  These files include tos.txt, upgrade MPQ archives, and ad ban-
       ners.

       If no servername is specified, localhost is assumed.  If no serverport is specified, 6112 is assumed.

       After the program is started it will connect to the server and then prompt for the filename to download.  No directory  components  may	be
       used in the filename.  The file is copied to a file with the same name in the current directory.

OPTIONS

       -b     Causes bnftp to emulate a Brood Wars client.

       --client
	      Causes  bnftp  to  emulate  a  specific client.  The following client tags are recognized: DRTL DSHR STAR SSHR SEXP W2BN.  There are
	      short options which may be used instead for the common clients.

       -d     Causes bnftp to emulate a Diablo client.

       -h --help --usage
	      Print usage information and exit.

       -s     Causes bnftp to emulate a Starcraft client.

       -v --version
	      Print its version number and exit.

       -w     Causes bnftp to emulate a Warcraft II BNE client.

NOTES

       The current version is available with the bnetd distribution at:

	      http://www.bnetd.org/

BUGS

       This program assumes that the terminal will move to the beginning of the current line when the carriage return character (^M)  is  printed.
       It  also assumes the backspace character (^H) will move one column to the left that character printed after that will replace those already
       on the screen.

       The terminal settings are not consulted for keybindings.  The following are assumed:

       ^H     delete the character to the left of the cursor

       ^J     accept current line

       ^M (return)
	      accept current line

       ^T     transpose the last two characters

       ^W     delete word to the left of the cursor

       ^U     delete the whole input line

       ^[ (escape)
	      cancel the current input line

       ^? (delete)
	      delete the character to the left of the cursor

SEE ALSO

       bnetd(1)

AUTHOR

       Ross Combs (ross@bnetd.org)

BNETD
								   11 June, 2000							  BNFTP(1)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:42 PM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy