X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_64,RCVD_IN_CHINA,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Hongyi Zhao Subject: Delete a specific type of files when they exist. Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:55:46 +0800 Lines: 13 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Hi all, 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? -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- 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/