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# 8  
Old 09-19-2014
Hello Hypesslearner,

Following may help.

Code:
find /tmp -name "test*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
Syntax: find PATH -name "FILE_NAME" -exec rm -rf {} \;

But be sure while running this command as it will delete directpries as well as files which will match name segment here.


Thanks,
R. Singh
# 9  
Old 09-19-2014
Thankyou but Now this is not working
Code:
if [[ -n $(find {LANDINGDIR} -name "${TRGFILE*}") ]];

Last edited by vbe; 09-19-2014 at 09:59 AM..
# 10  
Old 09-19-2014
Posted by Hypesslearner:
Quote:
Thankyou but Now this is not working
if [[ -n $(find {LANDINGDIR} -name "${TRGFILE*}") ]];
Hello Hypesslearner,

There is no need for if here as find will take care of same. Here is another example for same.

Code:
LANDINGDIR="/tmp"
TRGFILE="test"
find "$LANDINGDIR" -type f -name "$TRGFILE*"
/tmp/test12
/tmp/test6
/tmp/test.sh
/tmp/test1
/tmp/test11
/tmp/test5
/tmp/test2
/tmp/test13
/tmp/test3
/tmp/test4

Then if you are getting correct results then run following command to delete the files.

Code:
find "$LANDINGDIR" -type f -name "$TRGFILE*" -exec rm -rf {} \;

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 11  
Old 09-19-2014
try
Code:
fileexist=0
ls -d "$LANDINGDIR"/"$LINKTRIGGER."* |\
while read file ; do
     if [ -f "$file" ] ; then
          fileexist=1
     fi
done
if [ $fileexist -eq 1 ] ; then
     log_err "At least one Trigger File ${LINKTRIGGER} does exist!"
else
     log_err "Trigger File ${LINKTRIGGER} does not exist!"
fi

Last edited by Makarand Dodmis; 09-19-2014 at 10:21 AM..
# 12  
Old 09-19-2014
The else / if syntax is something basic you can look for on the internet with a simple search looking for bash syntax.

If you want to delete more than one file you need it to be recursive, with the -r option for rm command.

Bash expands all the coincidences in that directory but it is only supported with [[ ]] syntax.

Maybe you are looking for something like this.

Code:
if [ "$LINKTRIGGER" != "" ] 
then 
   if [[ ! ${LANDINGDIR}/${LINKTRIGGER}.* ]]
  then   
    log_err "Trigger File ${LINKTRIGGER} does not exist!"  
  else   
    log_msg "Deleting the Linktrigger"   
    rm -rv ${LANDINGDIR}/${LINKTRIGGER}.*  
  fi
  if [[ ! ${LANDINGDIR}/${TRGFILE}.* ]]
  then   
    log_err "Trigger File ${TRGFILE} does not exist!"   
    echo nofile  
  else   
    log_msg "Deleting the individual trigger"   
    rm -rv ${LANDINGDIR}/${TRGFILE}.*  
  fi  
fi

Last edited by Kibou; 09-19-2014 at 12:48 PM.. Reason: Small clarification
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