On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 09:58:16AM -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote: } } On 19.05.2006, at 21:39, Ken Irving wrote: } } >On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 07:10:41PM -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote: } >>Ok, using fdupes -f I have created a file that contains a list of all } >>duplicate files. So, what command can a run against that file to } >>delete } >>all the files listed in it? } >> } >>Or since I know that fdupes -f works, could I just do something like: } >> } >>fdupes -f ./ | rm * } >> } >>or would that rm everything? } > } >The latter. Try xargs(1), e.g., } > } > fdupes -f ./ | xargs rm } } This is strange. I used: } } fdupes -f ./ | xargs rm } } and it worked great!!! } Now I need to do the same thing for another mail directory, so I } moved into it and issued the same command and I get: } rm: too few arguments } Try `rm --help' for more information. } } What's up with that?
Give xargs the -r option to prevent it from running the commannd if there are no arguments to give it. --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
