[nycbug-talk] Deleting Lots of Files.

[Hans Kaspersetz]

Thanks for the guidance.  xargs is working nicely. 

Thanks,
Hans


N.J. Thomas wrote:
> * Hans Kaspersetz <lamolist at cyberxdesigns.com> [2006-06-21 10:44:01 -0400]:
>   
>> I was wondering what the best way to delete lots of files is.
>>
>> I would like to delete all the files in the 114* series.  However, when 
>> I pass rm -f ./114*, I get to many arguments as an error.  What I really 
>> want to delete is all files from before June.
>>     
>
> See find(1), xargs(1).
>
> You can use the -name "114*" arg for find to get all the 114* files or
> the "-mtime -16" to get the files before June (but also see the -newer
> option).
>
> Then just use something like "xargs -n 50 echo rm" (run with echo first
> to see what is to be deleted).
>
> I strongly suggest you learn find and xargs thoroughly, they are very
> useful tools.
>
> Thomas
>
>