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Re: Delete a specific type of files when they exist.
- From: "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" <yselkowitz at users dot sourceforge dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:01:26 -0600
- Subject: Re: Delete a specific type of files when they exist.
- References: <rfidm4hfs5p9h6s40obf5s083onsau7j26@4ax.com>
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Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> I want to delete the all of the cache-2 files under a directory, so I
> use the following line to do this:
>
> if [ -f *.cache-2 ] rm *.cache-2
>
> But it seems that this -f parameter in the _if_ command will not work
> with wildcard, i.e., the _[ -f *.cache-2 ]_ isn't a valid arg. Any
> hints on this issue?
find /path/to/directory -name '*.cache-2' -delete
Yaakov
Cygwin/X
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