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Old 10-24-2011
[Solved] basic script help
I run a command to extract blob file locations in a large log file to another file to remove all the fluff.

Example:
Code:
[root] # tail -50 samtest|grep -i blob|cut -d "'" -f 2
/ASM/archive/20100311/18a7e13f.blob
/ASM/archive/20100312/18b5570b.blob
[root] # cat outtest.log
/ASM/archive/20100311/18a7e13f.blob
/ASM/archive/20100312/18b5570b.blob

I want to automatically delete the files generated by these commands. Is there a way to script this?

Thanks.


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# 2  
Old 10-24-2011
following your command:
Code:
tail -50 samtest|grep -i blob|cut -d "'" -f 2 |xargs rm

# 3  
Old 10-25-2011
Worked perfectly, muchos gracias
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