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Re: unix/idl question [message #67106 is a reply to message #67104]

Mon, 22 June 2009 05:35

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On 22 June, 12:55, FÖLDY Lajos <fo...@rmki.kfki.hu> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009, a wrote:
>> 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
>
> find /tmp/ -name '*raw' | xargs rm
>
> or (for files with whitespace in the names):
>
> find /tmp/ -name '*raw' -print0 | xargs -0 rm
>
> regards,
> lajos

many thanks! works a treat

Russ

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