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unix/idl question [message #67109]

Mon, 22 June 2009 04:21

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oxfordenergyservices
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Hi

I am having a problem that i want to delete many files with the 'raw'
extension in folder temp

in unix

cd temp
rm *raw
/bin/rm: Argument list too long.

ok, so

cd temp
ls -l | grep raw | awk '{print $9}' | xargs rm

works ok

but I have to be in the directory to do it

I want to do the same from idl and not being in the temp directory

ie

spawn,'cd temp'
spawn,'ls -l | grep raw | awk '{print $9}' | xargs rm '

but the first spawn does not leave me in the temp directory

any ideas?

Thanks

Russ

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