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Old 12-17-2009
Delete files in a folder with a specific ending
Hi I have files that end with .txt.txt that i want to delete. But I also have files that end with .txt that I want to leave intact. How do I specifically delete files that end with .txt.txt in a folder.

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# 2  
Old 12-17-2009
why not this:
Code:
rm *.txt.txt

# 3  
Old 12-17-2009
I would use the find command first, and use it to print out the results and then delete them after you verify you want to delete them....example:

Code:
/usr/bin/find ‑x ‑E /path/to/folder ‑regex '.*\.(txt)' ‑print

Disclaimer is I am not in front of a *nix box right now so I am just doing this from memory and google, should work in bash though. Where it says path to folder, set the path to the folder you want it to search.
Last edited by tlarkin; 12-17-2009 at 11:03 PM..
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Old 12-17-2009
I would sooner use ls or another program that uses globs/wildcards to make sure the results will be the same.
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Old 12-18-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by CRGreathouse
I would sooner use ls or another program that uses globs/wildcards to make sure the results will be the same.
Quote:
Originally Posted by tlarkin
I would use the find command first, and use it to print out the results and then delete them after you verify you want to delete them....example:

Code:
/usr/bin/find ‑x ‑E /path/to/folder ‑regex '.*\.(txt)' ‑print

Disclaimer is I am not in front of a *nix box right now so I am just doing this from memory and google, should work in bash though. Where it says path to folder, set the path to the folder you want it to search.
I may use both these commands in a shell script and achieve the same. Smilie
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Old 12-18-2009
In my limited experience the find command does have some over head, and I have had it totally eat up tons of space in log files.
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