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Read from fileList.txt, copy files from directory tree
Hi, hopefully this is a fairly simple Q&A.

I have a clean file list of approximately 180 filenames with no directory or slashes in front of the filename nor any extension or dot ".". I would...
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yeah, this seemed to work, thanks! find ....
yeah, this seemed to work, thanks!

find . -type f -mtime +540 | basename */* * > fileList.txt
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filtering list results
I created a large file list using:

find . -type f -mtime +540 > test2.txt

..which searched recursively down the directory tree searching for any file older than 540 days.

I would like to...
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hmm, lemme check this out...
hmm, lemme check this out...
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I've determined now that I no longer need to...
I've determined now that I no longer need to archive these files, merely delete them using this list.

You are correct, qwerty will find all combinations including qwerty.aaa, qwerty.bbb,...
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....ok, how bout just a command to read from the...
....ok, how bout just a command to read from the list and delete the files throughout the directory tree?
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read list of filenames from text file, archive, and remove
I posted a week ago regarding this scripting question, but I need to revisit and have a few more questions answered..

User cfajohnson was extremely helpful with the archive script, but...
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read list of filenames from text file and remove these files in multiple directories
I have a large list of filenames from an Excel sheet, which I then translate into a simple text file. I'd like to use this list, which contains various file extensions , to archive these files and...
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