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Old 06-09-2010
Question Delete file by width of file name

Hi Experts,

Could you pl. help me to write a statement to delete all files which has 22 char long file name in a directory.

Thanks
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Old 06-09-2010
Code:
cd dir
rm -i ??????????????????????

Yes, that is twenty-two, literal, question marks. Looks weird but does the job.
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Old 06-09-2010
Thanks Corona688.

It worked well.
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