recursive delete by wildcard in unix

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  • GFED
    Confirmed User
    • May 2002
    • 8121
    #1

    recursive delete by wildcard in unix

    drwxr-xr-x 164 sample sample 4096 Apr 1 02:47 bigmouthfuls.com
    -rw-r--r-- 1 sample sample 25609 Apr 1 05:01 bigmouthfuls.com.html
    -rw-r--r-- 1 sample sample 7290 Apr 1 02:27 bigmouthfuls.com.txt
    bash-2.05a$ rm *.html$a=474 -r -i bigmouthfuls.com
    rm: cannot remove `*.html=474': No such file or directory
    rm: descend into directory `bigmouthfuls.com'? y
    rm: descend into directory `bigmouthfuls.com/001'? y
    rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/index.html'? n
    rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/logo.jpg'? n
    rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/bmfkirsty-2.wmv'? n
    rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/2.jpg'?
    bash-2.05a$ rm "*.html$a=474" -r -i bigmouthfuls.com
    rm: cannot remove `*.html=474': No such file or directory
    rm: descend into directory `bigmouthfuls.com'?

    oki... now I want to remove all the files with .html$a=474 from a directory and it's subdirectories...

    i tried rm *.html$a=474 -r -i bigmouthfuls.com and rm "*.html$a=474" -r -i bigmouthfuls.com but it isn't working...

    anyone?
    https://www.flow.page/savethechildren
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    • Nathan
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2003
      • 3108
      #2
      escape the $ with a \
      "Think about it a little more and you'll agree with me, because you're smart and I'm right."
      - Charlie Munger

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        • GFED
          Confirmed User
          • May 2002
          • 8121
          #3
          thanks for the suggestion! the \ kept the file name intact, but it's still trying to delete all the files instead of the ones i want... even when i just put *a=474...

          bash-2.05a$ rm "*.html\$a=474" -r -i bigmouthfuls.com
          rm: cannot remove `*.html$a=474': No such file or directory
          rm: descend into directory `bigmouthfuls.com'? y
          rm: descend into directory `bigmouthfuls.com/001'? y
          rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/index.html'? n
          rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/logo.jpg'? n
          rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/bmfkirsty-2.wmv'? n
          rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/2.jpg'?
          bash-2.05a$ rm "*a=474" -r -i bigmouthfuls.com
          rm: cannot remove `*a=474': No such file or directory
          rm: descend into directory `bigmouthfuls.com'? y
          rm: descend into directory `bigmouthfuls.com/001'? y
          rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/index.html'? n
          rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/logo.jpg'? n
          rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/bmfkirsty-2.wmv'? n
          rm: remove `bigmouthfuls.com/001/2.jpg'?
          bash-2.05a$
          https://www.flow.page/savethechildren

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            • VideoJ
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2002
              • 750
              #4
              find bigmouthfuls.com -name "*html*a=474" -exec rm -i {} ";"

              should work. try it with ls instead of rm to check the results first
              Somebody stole my damn signture...

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                • notjoe
                  Confirmed User
                  • May 2002
                  • 5599
                  #5
                  rm -rf */*html\$=474*

                  should work

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                    • GFED
                      Confirmed User
                      • May 2002
                      • 8121
                      #6
                      Originally posted by VideoJ
                      find bigmouthfuls.com -name "*html*a=474" -exec rm -i {} ";"

                      should work. try it with ls instead of rm to check the results first
                      THANK YOU!!!
                      https://www.flow.page/savethechildren

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                        • GFED
                          Confirmed User
                          • May 2002
                          • 8121
                          #7
                          Originally posted by notjoe
                          rm -rf */*html\$=474*

                          should work
                          i'll try that on my next batch of files... i'm leeching now... ;)
                          https://www.flow.page/savethechildren

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