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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Remove all the subdirectories except latest 5 inside any given directory Post 302933235 by Don Cragun on Thursday 29th of January 2015 01:28:57 AM
Old 01-29-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by Devendra Hupri
I Want to remove all the sub-directories except latest five in any given TGTDIR.
Is there a way to do so without making a cd to TGTDIR?
I have tried the following but not worked.
Thank you.

Code:
rm -rf `ls -t $TGTDIR | awk 'NR>5'`

What operating system and shell are you using?

In what way did it not work?

Are there any files other than directories in the directory named by $TGTDIR? Could non-directory files in $TGTDIR be related to why your command did not work?

Do any filenames in $TGTDIR contain any whitespace characters (i.e., <space>, <tab>, <newline>, <carriage-return>, or <form-feed>)?
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list_directory

list directory(1m)														list directory(1m)

NAME

       list directory - Displays a list of all the directories whose names match the specified directory name

SYNOPSIS

       cdscp list directory directory-name [with attribute-name = attribute-value]

ARGUMENTS

       The  full  name	of  a specific directory.  The last simple name can contain wildcard characters.  The name of a particular attribute.  The
       value of a particular attribute.

DESCRIPTION

       The list directory command displays a list of all the directories whose names match the specified directory name.  The last simple name can
       contain	wildcards.   You  can use a with attribute-name = attribute-value clause to limit output only to directories whose attributes have
       values equal to the specified values.  A space must precede and follow the = (equals sign).

   Privilege Required
       You must have read permission to the parent directory.  If you use a with attribute-name = attribute-value clause in the command, you  also
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NOTE

       This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE.

EXAMPLE

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