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[adimstec]

Hello,

In REP directoy sometimes I have a lot of files
And it happened that the command

find . -name "*.xml" | xargs rm -f

didn't work because of file toot long

I proposed this script

nbre_fichier =`ls -l | wc -l`

If $nbre_fichier > 1500 # this is juste an example
then
cpteur=0

while $cpteur < $nbre_fichier
do
ls -lattr | head -100 | while read FILE
do

rm $FICHIER

cpteur=cpteur+1
done

elsif
ls -lattr | while read FILE
do
rm $FILE
done

fi

Xould you please give me your advice or suggestion

Thankx in advance

 

[columb]

Whats wrong with

find .  -name "*.xml"  -exec rm -f {} \;

Ok, so it runs a separate shell for each 'rm' whereas the xargs doesn't but, unless you have severe performance problems it should be fine

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Columb Healy

 

[adimstec]

Hello,

When There is too much file, we get the error " file too long" and the files are not erased.

So I try to find another solution to bypass this problem

Thank you
AdimTec

 

[PHV]

What about this instead ?
ls | while read f;do case "$f" in *.xml) rm -f "$f";;esac;done

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[KenCunningham]

Do you mean the file list is too long? Which OS exactly?

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[adimstec]

hello, hello

yes the file list is too long.
The OS is AIX 5.2 ML 7

The deal is to create a scripts that you can be sure at 100% it will delete all the file inside a directory even if ther is millions ( I exagerate a littel bit)


Thank again

 

[PHV]

Have you tried my suggestion ?

 

[adimstec]

hello PHV,

Thank you for your script.
I will use it butu before I need to recreate a situation where I have to manage a lot of files.

Of course, I will keep you informed.

Best Regards

 

[adimstec]

PHV,

I tried your script and it work.

Thankx + star

To the next deal !