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rm files with same prefix, diff suf
Name: daemonllama Date: October 2, 2003 at 11:28:10 Pacific OS: OSX CPU/Ram: 800MHz 768mb
Comment:
How can I find and delete files which have identical preffixes, but different suffixes and content? In this case I have a large collection of MP3s, most in AAC format, but some in Mpeg format. Many of the AAC files have duplicates in Mpeg format and I wish to get rid of these.
Name: Jerry Lemieux Date: October 7, 2003 at 18:08:56 Pacific
Reply:
What's wrong with:
*.<suffix>
For example, if you have files with the name:
junk.txt junk1.txt junk.doc junk1.doc
You'd type rm *.txt to get rid of the .txt files.
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Response Number 2
Name: daemonllama Date: October 10, 2003 at 20:59:46 Pacific
Reply:
Ah, but I need to only remove the ones that have a AAC counterpart. Thanks, but I ended up figuring out how to write a script for it on my own. First I had it find every AAC and save the list, then I had it replace the .m4a suffix with .mp3, then had it find and move any file that matched that list.
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