Re: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line
well, the way i was thinking it could be done would probably take longer than typing rm mp31.mp3... rm mp32.mp3 lol does xmms's playlist let you rename files? oh... that'd be another way. first idea was a regex script but unless it's mostly from one or two groups/albums it'd be more work than it's worth.. but if you had a playlist editor that let you rename them (by file, not by tag) like SpR Jukebox (unfortunately, just an mIRC script.. win98) you could batch name the ones you didn't want into something similar like done1-500.mp3 and rm done*.mp3. - Original Message - From: Kirtis B [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 9:57 AM Subject: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line The subject says it all. I have a bunch of unfinished Mp3's that i want to clear out but i don't know how to string together the nessecary commands to get it done. Thanks, KIRT -- Where'd you get your CPU, a box of Crackerjacks!? -Wierd Al Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line
On Sun, 19 May 2002 17:36:28 -0400 Kirtis B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was hoping that it'd be something simpler than that. For example could i use ls grep and rm together to search for all the files that end in .mp3 and are less than 500k and then delete them? I'm certain there is a way to do this, i just don't really know how to string the commands together properly and i don't want to accidently delete my entire mp3 collection. =) KIRT uhm... does it HAVE to be a command-line method? from konqueror you could just sort the files up by size and select from the smallest file on the directory, all the way up to 500kb files, and push the 'delete' key..? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line
On Sunday 19 May 2002 18:46, Damian G wrote: On Sun, 19 May 2002 17:36:28 -0400 Kirtis B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was hoping that it'd be something simpler than that. For example could i use ls grep and rm together to search for all the files that end in .mp3 and are less than 500k and then delete them? I'm certain there is a way to do this, i just don't really know how to string the commands together properly and i don't want to accidently delete my entire mp3 collection. =) KIRT You want to find the all the mp3 files that satisfy a criteria and delete them, right? Well, find is your friend: find . -name *.mp3 will list all files named *.mp3 that exist in . (i.e. the current directory) or any subdirectory of . Now what about the size requirement? I had a quick look at the man-page and became wiser: find . -name *.mp3 -a -size -512k The -a stands for and, the -512k stands for less than 512k. Now all we need is to delete these files: You can do that with find, but I find it much simpler to pipe the search results from find into xargs: find . -name *.mp3 -a -size -512k | xargs /bin/rm and this will run the /bin/rm command on the output from find, i.e. delete all the files that find returned from the search. Of course you have to be darn careful about this -- make sure you don't accidentally delete all your mp3 files! Check the output from find first, then append the | xargs /bin/rm part. Narfi. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line
On Sun, 19 May 2002 17:36:28 -0400 Kirtis B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was hoping that it'd be something simpler than that. For example could i use ls grep and rm together to search for all the files that end in .mp3 and are less than 500k and then delete them? I'm certain there is a way to do this, i just don't really know how to string the commands together properly and i don't want to accidently delete my entire mp3 collection. =) KIRT Hi, You could do a find, then pass the results on to rm: find /path -type f -iname '*.mp3' -size -500k | xargs rm If you have spaces in your filenames, though, that can be a problem. I'd write the results of find to a file: find /path -type f -iname '*.mp3' -size -500k deletelist then read the lines and remove each file (don't know if you can do this as a one-liner): #!/bin/bash for mp3 in `cat deletelist` do rm $mp3 done exit HTH, Todd -- Todd Slater The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything. (Robert Frost) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line
Jerry wrote: well, the way i was thinking it could be done would probably take longer than typing rm mp31.mp3... rm mp32.mp3 lol does xmms's playlist let you rename files? oh... that'd be another way. first idea was a regex script but unless it's mostly from one or two groups/albums it'd be more work than it's worth.. but if you had a playlist editor that let you rename them (by file, not by tag) like SpR Jukebox (unfortunately, just an mIRC script.. win98) you could batch name the ones you didn't want into something similar like done1-500.mp3 and rm done*.mp3. - Original Message - From: Kirtis B [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 9:57 AM Subject: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line The subject says it all. I have a bunch of unfinished Mp3's that i want to clear out but i don't know how to string together the nessecary commands to get it done. Thanks, KIRT -- Where'd you get your CPU, a box of Crackerjacks!? -Wierd Al I use XMMS to delete mass files eomtimes Just highlight a bunch by holding down shift, then *Delete Permanently* I believe is an option. It is in winamp for sure. :) on the CLI I don't know how to do that either other than if they were named say... whatever1.mp3, whatever2.mp3. then just do a rm -f whatever*.mp3 -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line
Damian G wrote: On Sun, 19 May 2002 17:36:28 -0400 uhm... does it HAVE to be a command-line method? from konqueror you could just sort the files up by size and select from the smallest file on the directory, all the way up to 500kb files, and push the 'delete' key..? Damian Not much of a learning experience though is it Damian? :) Give him Kudos for trying to use the CLI :) I do -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line
Thanks, that worked beautifully. and to Damian.. I like to avoid using Konquerer because: 1. It runs slowly 2. The CL is faster if you know how to use it. 3. I sometimes end up without the luxury of X... so i like to know how to get along without it. KIRT On Sunday 19 May 2002 07:46 pm, you wrote: On Sun, 19 May 2002 17:36:28 -0400 Kirtis B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was hoping that it'd be something simpler than that. For example could i use ls grep and rm together to search for all the files that end in .mp3 and are less than 500k and then delete them? I'm certain there is a way to do this, i just don't really know how to string the commands together properly and i don't want to accidently delete my entire mp3 collection. =) KIRT uhm... does it HAVE to be a command-line method? from konqueror you could just sort the files up by size and select from the smallest file on the directory, all the way up to 500kb files, and push the 'delete' key..? Damian -- Where'd you get your CPU, a box of Crackerjacks!? -Wierd Al Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line
On Sun, 19 May 2002 23:23:06 -0400 Kirtis B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, that worked beautifully. and to Damian.. I like to avoid using Konquerer because: 1. It runs slowly 2. The CL is faster if you know how to use it. 3. I sometimes end up without the luxury of X... so i like to know how to get along without it. KIRT well, you are right, konq is much slower than... ... ... pretty much anything else, i was just thinking about the simplest solution possible. see ya. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line
1. It runs slowly Particularly, as it gives visual confirmation of files being deleted, moved, or what have you. In the case of deletes, it'll have to blank out all the icons representing the deleted file(s) and move other icons up as it rescans the directory. 2. The CL is faster if you know how to use it. Most definitely. And this particular example is not readily programmable by Konqueror or any other gui directory browser I know of. You can facilitate it somewhat by sorting (at least by size) so you don't have to hunt all over the disk to find files that match the criteria). 3. I sometimes end up without the luxury of X... so i like to know how to get Indeed. But yuo can use xterm/konsole/what have you as well as Konqueror in day to day use. Both have advantages. For casual ad hoc file maintenance, Konqueror is probably easier since all you need do is right click the icon usually. But for real work, nothing beats working in the shell, and the OP's situation shell is going to be a win. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] deleting files = 500k on the command line
on the CLI I don't know how to do that either other than if they were
named say... whatever1.mp3, whatever2.mp3.
Use 'find'. i.e.
# find . -name *.mp3 and then do whatever else yuu need. For instance,
-size 500 would select (AFAIK) files 500K and over in length. Then just
pass that over to rm with either xargs or backticks/braces.
rm -f ${find -name *.mp3 -size 500}
Remember that whatever filenames 'find' finds are replaced literally
on the command line, so it becomes 'rm -f file1.mp3 file2.mp3 ' etc. If
you have a lot of files, this might fail, although there's plenty of
room for command lines in Linux; somewhere around 78K IIRC.
Femme
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