Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 07:20:29 +0000 From: Pegasus Mc Cleaft <ken@mthelicon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing files Message-ID: <201011080720.29876.ken@mthelicon.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik3_atdP6Zbg=utLEVvQLCMyz7f8RDuPU1CtXWa@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTik3_atdP6Zbg=utLEVvQLCMyz7f8RDuPU1CtXWa@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday 08 November 2010 06:10:20 yoganjaneyulu kasetti wrote:
> hi,
>
> I have a problem for deleting files using script........please some one can
> guide me for the same.
>
> I have some files with the extension of ".chk" extension along with the
> extension of ".log" and ".gjf" extension in the folder called different
> *input folders. *I wanted to delete the ".chk" file extension having
> files. If i go to individual input folder manually i can delete the file
> with *rm* command line by but i would like to delete all the ".chk" files
> extension files at a time through scripting rather than manual. So please
> some one help me for the same.
> /student/sweety/gaussiandata/*1249624064640*/input
>
Could you, in your script do something like:
cd /Path_to_Data_Root
find . -name "*.chk" -print -prune -exec rm -rf {} \;
Peg
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