Re: delete file based on content

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 11:26:51PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 08:10:44AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 07:28:31PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > rm `grep -li "Processing completed correctly" *` 2>/dev/null > > > > This is ugly, Paul: It

Re: delete file based on content

2004-01-06 Thread Paul Morgan
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 08:10:44 +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 07:28:31PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: >> On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 18:18:00 -0600, Michael Martinell wrote: >> > #rm `grep -li "Processing completed correctly" *` >> > >> > >> > This worked nicely at the command line, howeve

Re: delete file based on content

2004-01-06 Thread Lucas Bergman
[ format recovered -- Microsoft pseudo-Latin1 ] Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 18:35, Michael Martinell wrote: > > I am trying to delete files based upon content. As an example I > > have files called log1, log2, log3 > > > > Log 1 contains the words "Processing

Re: delete file based on content

2004-01-06 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 18:35, Michael Martinell wrote: > Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong? > > I am trying to delete files based upon content. As an example I have > files called log1, log2, log3 > > Log 1 contains the words “Processing completed correctly” and can be > deleted. > >

Re: delete file based on content

2004-01-06 Thread Nano Nano
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 11:26:51PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: [snip] err on second thought I can see why xargs is better here -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: delete file based on content

2004-01-06 Thread Nano Nano
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 08:10:44AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 07:28:31PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: [snip] > > > > rm `grep -li "Processing completed correctly" *` 2>/dev/null > > This is ugly, Paul: It'd suppress not only this message, but other > messages which would possi

Re: delete file based on content

2004-01-06 Thread Jan Minar
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 07:28:31PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 18:18:00 -0600, Michael Martinell wrote: > > #rm `grep -li "Processing completed correctly" *` > > > > > > This worked nicely at the command line, however when I put in into a script > > I received the error rm :to

RE: delete file based on content

2004-01-05 Thread Paul Morgan
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 18:18:00 -0600, Michael Martinell wrote: > Please ignore former post. It was an ID10T error on my part. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] &g

Re: delete file based on content

2004-01-05 Thread Laurence J. Lane
(oops, list reply) On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 06:08:02PM -0600, Michael Martinell wrote: > #rm `grep -li "Processing completed correctly" *` > Any other thoughts? grep -Zli "Processing completed correctly" * | xargs -r0 rm -v -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

RE: delete file based on content

2004-01-05 Thread Michael Martinell
Please ignore former post. It was an ID10T error on my part. -Original Message- From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: delete file based on content On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 05:35:26PM -0600, Michael Martinell wrote

RE: delete file based on content

2004-01-05 Thread Michael Martinell
-Original Message- From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: delete file based on content On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 05:35:26PM -0600, Michael Martinell wrote: [snip] > > I tried the following: grep -li "

Re: delete file based on content

2004-01-05 Thread Nano Nano
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 05:35:26PM -0600, Michael Martinell wrote: [snip] > > I tried the following: grep -li "Processing completed correctly" * > > This gave me the list of logs that were complete. How can I send the > results of this to the rm command. The redirection that I tried did not >