On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 11:59:26AM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote
> Hi all:
>
> How would I enter a command (or write a simple script) that would do:
>
> FOR EACH FILE *.elc IF THERE IS CORRESPONDING *.el, DELETE IT
>
> Are there any good online resources about writing similar scripts?
>
I'm assuming you want to delete the "*.elc" files if you have the source,
and not the other way around.
Equivalent but simpler to script:
FOR EACH FILE_a *.el IF THERE IS CORRESPONDING FILE_b *.elc, DELETE FILE_b
One-liner, from the base of the directory tree you want to search:
find . -name "*.el" -exec rm \{\}c \;
Easier to type, much less efficient if there are a large number of
*.el without matching *.elc.
For that case, you can use:
find . -name "*.el" -printf "test -f %pc && rm %pc" | /bin/sh
which has the added benefit of not spitting out an error message
for each missing .elc file. To confirm what it will do, issue
the command without the '| /bin/sh' first.
John P.
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