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Article #1282Re: Can U pipe filenames to rm???
From: Mike Greiner
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 1990 23:07
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 1990 23:07
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Thanks to all who emailed me the solution to this problem! For the
benefit of anyone who might be curious, here's one answer:
ninstall -h $1 -vvvvv -p $2 | grep path | cut -d " " -f4 | xargs rm
^^^^^^^^^^
The xargs utility passes the input lines to the rm command as
parameters--just what I was after. Thanks again!
--Mike
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!col!greiner From: greiner@col.hp.com (Mike Greiner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Can U pipe filenames to rm??? Message-ID: <28790002@col.hp.com> Date: 28 Sep 90 23:07:43 GMT References: <28790001@col.hp.com> Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division Lines: 17