X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4966CC16.10809@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:01:26 -0600 From: "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Delete a specific type of files when they exist. References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hongyi Zhao wrote: > 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? find /path/to/directory -name '*.cache-2' -delete Yaakov Cygwin/X -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAklmzBYACgkQpiWmPGlmQSOmSQCfZvId1CpcIoMd944rX6BKtGv7 8o0AoOdW/rs3MjBagIV/qVbBx2odSUZT =pJb/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/