Hi Karsten, thank you very much for your very detailed answer!
Abrazos, Marcelo On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 03:09:35PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > Please respond to list mail on-list. Reply redirected to list. > Reply-to: set to list. > > on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 07:23:15PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini ([EMAIL > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Karsten > > > > thank you very much for your illustrating answer! > > Now, I am new to linux and Debian, so I would like to understand more > > of your answer: > > > > > > > I need to delete a bunch of files, all of them of the form > > > > > *.doc, scattered into several subdirectories inside a given > > > > > directory. What should I do? > > <snip> > > > Several options: > > > - Create a script. This *is* my preferred method. > > > > > > $ find . -type f -name \*.doc | sed -e '/.*/s//rm &/' > rmscript > > > # Edit the script to make sure it's got The Right Stuff > > > $ vi rmscript > > > # run it > > > $ chmod +x rmscript; ./rmscript > > > > > > > where is the script in your example above? (sorry, I knew this is a > > stupid question, but...). Of course the script's name is rmscript, but > > what's inside it? > > Well, the easy answer is "run it and see". > > Initially, the output from the find command, with 'rm ' prepended to the > start of each line. After you edit it, whatever you've added or > removed. > > Say I've got a directory tree: > > /tmp/foo > `-- bar > `-- baz > > With the following files in it: > > /tmp/foo/bar/qux.doc > /tmp/foo/bar.doc > /tmp/foo/baz.doc > > When I run the find command listed above, rmscript contains: > > rm /tmp/foo/bar/qux.doc > rm /tmp/foo/bar.doc > rm /tmp/foo/baz.doc > > Supposing I wanted to keep 'qux.doc', I'd edit it out of the script > (delete the line). > > How exactly you deal with the file is up to you. While I've > programmatically created all the commands (in this simple instance), you > could also just dump in a raw list of filenames and use vi editing > commands to substitute and replace within the script. > > > thank you for your patiente... > > De nada. (Sorry, I know that's Spanish and not Portuguese). > > -- > Karsten M. Self <[email protected]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org -- Marcelo Chiapparini DFT-IF/UERJ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
