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Old 10-11-07, 07:23
sonali007 sonali007 is offline
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deleting multiple files based on the size

Hi all,

How can i delete multiple files based on their size in a shell script.....below given is the code which works only for files having same size.

find <path> -size 100c -exec 'rm -f {}' \;

This code is good only for files having size of 100 bytes....also, are there any implications (other than risk of deleting imp files) of deleting files this way??

any early response is highly appreciated......thanks in advance....
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Old 10-11-07, 07:28
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oooppss, i created a separate thread......it shud have been a part of my previous question......sorry about that.....
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Old 10-11-07, 08:43
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Prefix with + or -
Code:
man find --- snip --- wherever n is used as a primary argument, it is interpreted as a decimal integer optionally preceded by a plus (+) or minus (-) sign, as follows: +n more than n n exactly n -n less than n --- snip ---
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Old 10-11-07, 10:23
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Thanks for the reply....... am just thinking if there is any other way of doing it.......like with awk.....since i have to include this in the script, i think awk will be better to work with......any suggestions????
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