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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello :)
I need little help i have following cmd:
this only able to delete files but not folder which contain that file
find /home/test/* -name "*.testfile" -type f -exec rm -i {} \;
how to delete whole directory if file called somethingblahblah.testfile is there?
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to remove files from a couple of directories after a process completes. Below is what I have so far, but the command does not run and cygwin closes too fast to read the error. Also, is it possible to have the printf be displayed until the files are removed then printf in italics is... (8 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear All,
I have some list of directories names 1 2 3 .... n.
Number can vary each time when I run some software to create these folders.
When ever I wanted to run new case I have to remove all the sub-directories named 1 2 3 4 .... in case directory.
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4. AIX
Hello all,
I've been asked to help with some cleanup on a couple of systems that were running some Websphere apps. I need to remove the following filesets:
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi everyone,
I am new here and generally not experienced with linux. My question must be easy, but as for now I have no idea how to do it.
I have lots of directories with numerical names, e.g. 50 50.1 50.12 etc. What I want is to leave directories with no or single digit after the decimal... (2 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello Gurus,
O/S RHEL4
I have a requirement to compare two linux based directories for duplicate filenames and remove them. These directories are close to 2 TB each. I have tried running a:
Prompt>diff -r data1/ data2/
I have tried this as well:
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I know this one was answered before in forum below -
https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-questions-answers/58210-removing-empty-folders-using-find-command.html
But that one is closed & I have a question so here it goes.
I want to delete all 2006 files. Now if along with the files, if the... (2 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Please could someone advise me the unix command to remove all directories and sub-directories with files within the directory structures.
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to remove files (*.trc) which are older than 30 days from one location.
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Say I am in /var/adm/bin and I want to search through all the various scripts and such in that directory for a string, say, xxx@yyy.com
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Is that possible?
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