Why does this fail "ls -l ¦ rm -i"

[Tison]

I want to list files (ls -l) and ask if must delete (rm -i) ?
I need this command " ls -l | rm -i"

 

[MoshiachNow]

Hi,

Use:

rm -i `ls -l`

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[unixfreak]

Wouldn't 'rm -i *' work better?

Cheers

 

[Ogzilal]

Hi,
You have to use a command like this :
# find /path/to/files -name "pattern*" -ls -exec rm -i {} \;

Caution : This kind of command is to use with care

Hope this helps

 

[sbix]

It doesn't work mainly 'cause "ls -l" produces a long listing with a lot of info file related and human readable but absolutely misidrecting for the "rm -i" command

 

[Yegolev]

this must be a trick question. try just ls rather than ls -l, or ls -1 if you feel fancy.

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