fred=`cat mytextfile`
for i in $fred ; do
find . -name $i -print -exec rm {} \;
done
There are probably lots more ways to do it.
You need to be aware though that if the file occurs more than once, both
will be removed.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 2 November 2001 17:11
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLUG] Shell scripting challenge (or not)
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was interested to hear your thoughts on solving a practical
> problem I
> have, while using only shell tools.. that is, not using Perl or Python
> or what have you.
>
> So, I have a list of random filenames in a text file:
>
> thing.mp3
> pants.txt
> yer.rtf
> others.html
>
> These files do exist on my system, except they're scattered
> throughout a
> directory tree hierachy, and there's no path info in my text
> file to say
> where.
>
> I need to find the given files in the tree, then do stuff
> with them. For
> instance, delete them.
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