12-23-2003
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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I need your assistance in removing the oldest file in a directory.
I posted the same thread 3 days back and I got the following answer
ls -1 -t | tail -1 | xargs rm
which is not covering the case when there are directories older than the oldest file.
So, could you please... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: pavan_movva
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2. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers
Hi All,
When i remove a directory , the following error message comes :
rm: cannot determine if this is an ancestor of the current working directory
Is it something to do with the permissisons ?
The path is /PBAMLftp/incoming/misc/July06 - (where i need to remove the July06 directory)
And... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: gauravsachan
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3. Filesystems, Disks and Memory
How do you remove a file named '-'? ('rm' does not work) (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: npatel
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
i want remove all the files from below directory
Available directory
foa/commprog/data
foa/commprog/a
foa/commprog/b
mfoa/commprog/data
mfoa/commprog/a
mfoa/commprog/c
dfoa/commprog/d
There are more folders like this
i want to remove the the file from only /data
i need only... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: kingganesh04
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How would i rmeove all the files in the directory but still keep the directory? (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: JamieMurry
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, I'm relatively new to unix, and would like to change the following files in a particular directory. The files have names like:
M10_90_Phcn402_3F.ab1
M10_94_Sput402_3F.ab1
M11_92_Abrg402_3R.ab1
M10_91_Cdel402_3F.ab1
M11_90_Phcn402_3R.ab1
M12_84_Sput402_3R.ab1... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: euspilapteryx
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hey there folks! I cant figure out, for the life of me, how to procede in removing alll the files in my home directory that are not owned by me.
would i have to list them, but after that what do i do. or is there some way I am not aware of.
my employer heard i could script in unix, but i havent... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Ginkosu
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
Disclosure: I am very new to Unix, but eager to learn..
I've been tasked with transferring logs to a remote server. After I've verified these logs have transferred correctly I have to remove the source files. The naming scheme is:
/directory/2012.05.01
/directory/2012.05.02
..and... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: JD3V
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I know that this basic question has been asked many times and solutions all over the internet, but none of the are working for me. I have a directory in the root directory, named "-p".
# ls -l /
total 198
<snip>
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 3 14:18 opt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: edstevens
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello -
I was looking to write a simple script trying to rename sub-directories chopping off the last n characters.
For example:
In /home/myname/dir there are three sub-directories: directory1_1, directory2_2, and directory3_3.
Is there a simple script to chop off the last... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: twckfa16
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RMDIR(1) User Commands RMDIR(1)
NAME
rmdir - remove empty directories
SYNOPSIS
rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...
DESCRIPTION
Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.
--ignore-fail-on-non-empty
ignore each failure that is solely because a directory
is non-empty
-p, --parents
remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'
-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every directory processed
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report rmdir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
rmdir(2)
The full documentation for rmdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and rmdir programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info coreutils 'rmdir invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 7.1 July 2010 RMDIR(1)