Deleting files previously selected with awk 1

[blodwyn]

I need to write a script that will automatically delete files in a set directory (dir1) on our ftp server if the files have ben downloaded.
Once downloaded, details of the files are contained in the ftp log file and I have extracted their names using awk, into a file (file1)
I can then do:-
# for x in `ls dir1`
> do
> grep $x file1
> done
which will give me the required file names (ie those appearing in both)
How can I add a command that will carry on and delete these files?

 

[flogrr]

Hi blodwyn-

Try this:

for x in `cat file1`
do
rm -f $x
done

HTH


flogrr
flogr@yahoo.com

 

[gregor weertman]

for x in `ls dir1`
do
grep -l $x file1|xargs rm
done Gregor.Weertman@mailcity.com