I've tried deleting, for example, all *nav_blueprnt010* files using the
rm and find utilities and backquotes. All these files have
embedded spaces.
Using the form
rm `find /home/httpd/html -name *nav_blueprnt010*`
results in failure because the backquoted output breaks the files
into separate parts at every space. Since the resulting filenames
are nonsensical, the process fails with a "file not found" type error.
Using the form
rm "`find/home/httpd/html -name *nav_blueprnt010*`"
generates a sensible backquoted listing with full filenames on each
line of output. However the output concatenates all the filenames
into one excessively long super file. The process then fails with a
msg that the file is too long.
Am I tantalizingly close here or totally on the wrong track?
Jerry R. Keene
Senior Systems Analyst
SCS ENGINEERS
Partners With EPA Through The Landfill Methane Outreach Program
Phone: 703.471.6150
Fax: 703.471.6676
http://www.scsengineers.com
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