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# 1  
Old 03-26-2014
RedHat Find File with space
Hello All,

I have path
Code:
 /allcode/mainld/process/recenttmp

where I get many type of file from other platforms. so in UNIX I need to process all file present in this location. but I don't want to process files with the space and delete them.

Please provide your suggestion.
# 2  
Old 03-26-2014
You want to exclude files with space characters in the filename? Or do you mean something else?
# 3  
Old 03-26-2014
RedHat find
Quote:
Originally Posted by CarloM
You want to exclude files with space characters in the filename? Or do you mean something else?

yes you are correct.
# 4  
Old 03-26-2014
Try:
Code:
find /allcode/mainld/process/recenttmp -type f ! -name "* *"

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# 5  
Old 03-26-2014
RedHat find
Quote:
Originally Posted by CarloM
Try:
Code:
find /allcode/mainld/process/recenttmp -type f ! -name "* *"

this is the way to find them, do you know how to list down all and delete them.


find me it works like this way

Code:
find . -name "* *"

but these files are under sub directories and i dont know the path, is there anyway to delete after find.

---------- Post updated at 10:03 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:32 AM ----------

I found the solution
Code:
find /path -type f -prune -name "* *" -exec rm {} \;

or 

find /path -type f -prune -name "* *" -exec rm -rf {} \;

in HP UX
# 6  
Old 03-26-2014
Code:
find /path -type f -prune -name "* *" -exec rm -rf {} \;

Extremely dangerous, this will recursively remove a directory's contents.
# 7  
Old 03-28-2014
You may make use of the -printand -delete parameters? e.g.

Code:
[soliton@UAT:test]$ ls -1
s1*
s2*
test file
[soliton@UAT:test]$ find . -type f -name "* *" -print
./test file
[soliton@UAT:test]$ find . -type f -name "* *" -print -delete
./test file
[soliton@UAT:test]$ ls -1
s1*
s2*

Last edited by soliton; 03-31-2014 at 11:10 AM..
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