Dear Gurus, How do i delete files in a directory, based on a captured text file listing. E.g. ls {dir} > logfile.log rm {files listed in logfile.log} Please kindly advice. Thank you! Best Regards, Andrew

you can do: for i in `cat logfile.log` do rm $i done My Email:old_bear40@yahoo.com

Andrew: First, before you take koala's advice, consider this UUOC link: http://support.internetconnection.net/DEFINITIONS/Definition_of_UUOC.html It's more efficient to do something like: rm `cat logfile.log` But I prefer using find: find dir -type f -print|xargs rm

Hi Koala, Thank you for your suggestion! I greatly appreciate your prompt response. What i'm trying to perform here is actually deleting files in another machine memory. For example, the command to delete a file in the machine memory is: mem del -{file_type} {filename} In my case, i would like to delete only those files in the machine memory, captured in a particular folder. Hence, am i able to utilize your suggestion to put into use: ls {dir} > logfile.log for i in `cat logfile.log` do mem del -{file_type} $i Please kindly advice. Thanks a million! Best Regards, Andrew

Hi Nails, Thank you for your suggestion too! Can you please kindly explain on your command? find dir -type f -print|xargs rm I understand {-type f} = Plain File Type, {-print} = Display out. What is xargs? Please kindly advice. Thanks! Sorry, i'm rather new to unix scripting. Best Regards, Andrew