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Old 10-21-2011
Question How to delete particular date directories at a time

Hi guys,

Can anyone tell me how to delete hundreds of directories of particular dates at a time?

By the below command I am able to list all particular date directories but unable to delete those,

ls -ltr | sed -n '/Oct 07/p'

Please reply ASAP, thanks Smilie
# 2  
Old 10-21-2011
Code:
 
ls -lrt | nawk '/Oct 07/ {print "rm -rf $9"}' | sh

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Old 10-21-2011
It is not working dude..Smilie
# 4  
Old 10-21-2011
try this ..
Code:
$ ls -ld */ | nawk '/ Oct  7 / {print "rm -rf "$9}' | sh

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Old 10-21-2011
Thanks Jay.. I am able to delete now ..!! Smilie
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