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Re: Delete a specific type of files when they exist.


On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 00:42:21 -0500, Christopher Faylor
<cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com> wrote:

>On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 11:55:46AM +0800, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>
>>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? 
>
>Why not just
>
>  rm -f *.cache-2

A good idea.  Thanks.

-- 
.: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :.


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