recursive delete by wildcard in unix - GoFuckYourself.com

GFED · 04-01-2004, 03:22 AM

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?

Nathan · 04-01-2004, 03:25 AM

escape the $ with a \

GFED · 04-01-2004, 03:30 AM

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$

VideoJ · 04-01-2004, 03:52 AM

find bigmouthfuls.com -name "*html*a=474" -exec rm -i {} ";"

should work. try it with ls instead of rm to check the results first

notjoe · 04-01-2004, 04:05 AM

rm -rf */*html\$=474*

should work

GFED · 04-01-2004, 04:09 AM

Quote:

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!!!

GFED · 04-01-2004, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by notjoe
rm -rf */*html\$=474*

should work

i'll try that on my next batch of files... i'm leeching now... ;)

04-01-2004, 03:22 AM	#1
GFED Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 8,120	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

04-01-2004, 03:25 AM	#2
Nathan Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,108	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

04-01-2004, 03:30 AM	#3
GFED Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 8,120	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

04-01-2004, 03:52 AM	#4
VideoJ Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: S. Florida Posts: 750	find bigmouthfuls.com -name "htmla=474" -exec rm -i {} ";" should work. try it with ls instead of rm to check the results first __________________ Somebody stole my damn signture...

04-01-2004, 04:05 AM	#5
notjoe Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 5,599	rm -rf /html\$=474* should work