you can use xargs to pass the output to rm..I will be like
ldapsearch uid=userabc homedirectory | grep homedirectory | awk -F= '{print
$2;}| xargs rm -Rf
Cheers
Aravind S
Vineeta wrote:
> What is the output of /home/userabc like?
> Does it contain sub-directories which u want to be removed?
> give me a sample and i'll help you out.
>
> Cheers,
> Vineeta
>
> Corisen wrote:
>
> > i'm writing a simple shell script to automate removal of directories.
> >
> > i've managed to extract the user home directory from LDAP server using
> > "ldapsearch uid=userabc homedirectory | grep homedirectory | awk -F= '{print
> > $2;}'".
> >
> > the above command result is "/home/userabc"
> >
> > pls advise how i can pass the result of "/home/userabe" to "rm -f -r" to
> > delete the directory?
> >
> > thanks.
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