Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community


UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

deleting files by type (symbolic links)

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers deleting files by type (symbolic links)
# 1  
Old 03-04-2005
deleting files by type (symbolic links)
How do I delete just the symbolic links in a directory? I have files that I wish to keep that have similar names, length and date/time. Can I use file size?
Thanks
kyle
# 2  
Old 03-04-2005
Try the find command

$ find ./ -type l -ls

Once you are sure it's finding the files you want removed (and no others),
use $ find ./ -type l -exec rm {} \;

See the man page for find for your OS to insure it works this way.
# 3  
Old 03-04-2005
The find ./ -type l part works great THANKS! . I was using . instead of ./
The problem I have now is with the -exec part after the pipe. It gives a bash command not found error. I'm using Solaris v5.1.
# 4  
Old 03-04-2005
Solaris 5.1? I didn't think bash was part of old Solaris.

It's probably just a problem with the PATH - it might be complaining because it can't find the 'rm' command. Figure out where the rm command is and use the complete path ( /usr/bin/rm instead of rm )
# 5  
Old 03-04-2005
I was rloggedin to a different machine when I ran uname and got 5.1. It is actually 5.8.
Pathing out rm doesn't work either. I get the same error. But, thanks, for your help.
 
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Solaris

Symbolic links

Soft link,Hard link brief explanation (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: RAJU KAVATI
1 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Deleting all files recursively from directories while ignoring one file type

Hi, Seems like I need help again with a problem: I want to delete all files from my lets say "Music" Directory inkluding all of the subfolders except for .mp3 and .MP3 files. I tried it with globalignoring mp3 files, finding and deleting all other files, which resulted in all files... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: pasc
3 Replies

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

can I create symbolic links for multiple files simultaneously

Does anybody know how to make symbolic links for multiple files simultaneously? Often times I need make symbolic links for multiple files with some common pattern (just like "*.jpg"). Is there a way to avoid making symbolic link for each of them one by one... Thank you! (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: danieladna
6 Replies

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Deleting Symbolic and/or Hard links

From what I understand a symbolic link is alot like a shortcut where it points to another file. if the original file is deleted the symbolic link is rendered useless but a symbolic link can be deleted without any problem. A hard link is like a copy of the file itself but pointing to the same... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: cue
3 Replies

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Symbolic Links

Hi all, I have scoured the entire forum for this but to no avail unfortunately. Basically, I would like to remove my symbolic link from my folder name i.e. foldername -> /a/b/c/d/f where f is indeed a folder. I have tried rmdir but this does not work and in actual fact deletes the... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: cyberfrog
4 Replies

6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Deleting older files of a particular type

hi This should be easy but i'm obviously missing something obvious. :) I'm looking to delete files from yesterday and older of extension .txt and there a range of subfolders with these files in them. The command runs but doesn't delete anything. SUSE 10. find /testfolder -maxdepth 2 -type f... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmap
6 Replies

7. Solaris

symbolic links between servers

Hi Guys... I want to create a link using ln -s for a directory that does not exist on the box. How do I do that? I had some files from Box A directory /d1/u01 and I copied the files across to another Box lets say Box B on directory /d2/u02. Now I want a link so that this path /d1/u01... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Phuti
2 Replies

8. AIX

Symbolic Links

I am linking a directory as follows: ln -sf /home/xxx/userid/real_files/* /home/xxx/userid/linked_files This gives me symbolic links for all the files in the real_files directory in the linked_files directory. My question is, if I go and remove a file in the real_files directory and then go... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: rcarnesiii
1 Replies

9. Solaris

cp a dty without symbolic links?

Hi, - we have copy (cp command) to do to save all the contents of a dty BUT we dont want to copy the files corresponding to symbolic links contained whithin this dty - the box is a sun solaris one - and the cp commande do not say avything about that? thanks for help Jakez (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: JAKEZ
7 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Finding symbolic links

How can I find all symbolic links across the network to a directory (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mehtad
2 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question