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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi,
i have a requirement to delete all the files from all the directories except some specific directories like archive and log.
for example:
there are following directories such as
A B C D Archive E Log F
which contains some sub directories and files. The requirement is to delete all the... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Little
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
My directory structure is as below.
dir1, dir2, dir3
I have the list of files to be deleted in the below path as below.
/staging/retain_for_2years/Cleanup/log $ ls -lrt
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody nobody 256 Mar 01 16:15 01-MAR-2015_SPDBS2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root ... (2 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
he following are the files available in my directory
RSK_123_20141113_031500.txt
RSK_123_20141113_081500.txt
RSK_126_20141113_041500.txt
RSK_126_20141113_081800.txt
RSK_128_20141113_091600.txt
Here, "RSK" is file prefix and 123 is a code name and rest is just timestamp of the file when its... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: kridhick
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm sure this has been asked many times, but a search didn't turn up a definitive best method for this (if there ever is such a thing).
I have been using rsync to back up my main data directory, but I have accumulated a large number of older backups that I don't need. All of the files I don't... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: LMHmedchem
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5. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers
Guys, I am wondering how to remove files for a specific date in a directory?
for instance when I do ls -l , i see many files. And i want to delete files for date May 15:
58252015 May 10 03:45 my_05102012.log
58252015 May 15 06:45 my_05152012.log
Thanks (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: DallasT
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have several files in a specific directory.
A specific string in one file can occur in another files.
If this string is in other files. Then all the files in which this string occured should be deleted and only 1 file should remain with the string.
Example.
file1
ShortName "Blue... (2 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I've got a problem how to delete files from specific directory.
I don't want do it recursively but only in specific directory.
So, command like
find /home/dirname/ -mtime +8 -type f -exec rm {} \;
is not for me because this command will remove ifs files in
/home/dirname and all... (2 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
There is a system logging a huge amount of data and we need to delete some of the older logs .I mean the files that are created before one week from today. Here is a listing of files that are sitting there:
/usr/WebSphere/AppServer/logs
# ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 3740694 May... (5 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I want to remove the files from a folder whcih contain a specific text in it.
eg:
If i have the files like
xxxx.NAME.adadd.ajfaj.kjfha
agsg.NAME.dfshd.djsh.sdjhf
asgd.NAME2.sdhj.djhf.sjdhf
shdd.NAME2.dhse.tywe.eyio
How to remove the files which contain the pattern "NAME"... (3 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I have these files in my directory.
ABC123 ABC12.sls.20080809111121
ABC233 ABC12.sls.20080403123212
ABC543 ABC12.sls.20080804231212
ABC323 ABC12.sls.20080809111232
ABC765 ABC12.sls.20080809112343
ABC654 ABC12.sls.20080809113133
I want to delete only files in first... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: i.scientist
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