how to safely remove files from a directory

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Posted by crazyaboutlinux, 01-16-2013, 07:58 AM
Hi, I have directory named "virusscan" under this direcotry i have so many files but i want to remove some specific files which has comman word in entire filename and that word is "hostname" how can i do that using rm or sed command ?
Posted by mike86, 01-16-2013, 08:31 AM
cd to the directory and use this: rm *.hostname* or if you don't want to confirm every one: rm -f *.hostname*
Posted by BestServerSupport, 01-16-2013, 10:01 AM
OR else, you can also use below: find /path/to/virusscan/ -name 'hostname*' -print -delete
Posted by m4rc3, 01-16-2013, 12:03 PM
you missed an * there BTW you can also just delete the folder with rm -rf and re-create it afterwards.
Posted by BestServerSupport, 01-16-2013, 12:43 PM
Hmm. My Bad. Yes, you can also use rm -rf and re-create it afterwards.
Posted by kevincheri, 01-16-2013, 03:32 PM
a slight different way, but purpose is same find /path/to/virusscan/ -type f -name \*hostname\* -exec rm -f {} \;
Posted by crazyaboutlinux, 01-17-2013, 02:34 AM
Thank you guys for sharing your experience and valuable time to this thread.