Hello,
I'm trying to write a simple script to search a directory tree for a
file pattern (specified as an argument with a wildcard, ie, testfile* or
*.jpg), and then delete matching files after first prompting the user
for a y/n. (yes=delete, no=don't delete, find the next match)
The following script works partially in that it seems to find and delete
the first matching file in a particular directory, but then it leaves
that directory and goes on and finds/deletes the first match in the next
directory, etc. (I have not added the prompting part yet- see below.)
#/bin/sh
find -name "$1" | while read file
do
echo "Deleting file: $file"
rm $file
done
exit 0
If I try to add an esac so that it prompts before it deletes, for some
reason it does not wait for input, but rather skips down to the "Invalid
choice" command and exits:
#/bin/sh
find -name "$1" | while read file
do
echo "About to delete file: $file ... Contine? [y/n]"
read ans
case "$ans" in
y) rm $file;;
n) echo "Skipping file: $file.";;
*) echo -e "Invalid choice."; exit 1;;
esac
done
exit 0
And finally, as a much simpler approach:
#/bin/sh
find -name "$1" -exec rm -i {} ';'
exit 0
This will find the first matching file (whereupon rm will prompt me to
delete or not) but then it will exit without searching for more matches.
What am I doing wrong here? Am I using the wrong tools? Any advice
greatly appreciated!
Joe
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