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Old 08-28-2003
search and remove command
I want to run the 'locate' command and then remove what the command finds.

My guess was, locate blahblah |rm -f

but this does not work.

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 08-29-2003
Can you be a bit more specific? What exactly do you want to remove? What is this "locate" command?

The fact that used "rm -f" suggests that you are possibly trying to delete files. I'm not really sure of that, but here is an example of what I suspect may be what you're trying to do:

find $HOME -name core -print | xargs rm
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Old 09-05-2003
Hey Per...

make sure he knows that $HOME is a variable he sets for the search directory and "core" is a filename you are looking for...

Just trying to keep it clear as mud hehe....
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Old 09-05-2003
Actually $HOME is the user's home directory and is set automatically by the login program.
 
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