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How do I find all files that end with a dot
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How do I find all files that end with a "." (dot) and then delete them? Is there a program that can do this?
Example:
Desktop DB.
mp600osxpd542ej7.
files
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How do I find all files that end with a "." (dot) and then delete them? Is there a program that can do this?
Example:
Desktop DB.
mp600osxpd542ej7.
files
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find -name *. -deletemaybe
– guiverc
3 hours ago
I would to list the files first so that I don't delete something that I want to keep.
– Kathryn Trucano
3 hours ago
I would never run a command like that first time with a -delete option; run it without the delete so it just finds the files, and you can peruse the files it will delete, then only when happy add the -delete option).findfinds files by name, date, permissions or anything, but you can also tell it to execute something for each file, delete them etc. It's a standard *nix command from 1978
– guiverc
3 hours ago
Do you need this to delete plain files only - or directories as well? does it need to be recursive or just files at one directory level?
– steeldriver
3 hours ago
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How do I find all files that end with a "." (dot) and then delete them? Is there a program that can do this?
Example:
Desktop DB.
mp600osxpd542ej7.
files
asked 3 hours ago
Kathryn TrucanoKathryn Trucano
61
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How do I find all files that end with a "." (dot) and then delete them? Is there a program that can do this?
Example:
Desktop DB.
mp600osxpd542ej7.
files
files
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find -name *. -deletemaybe
– guiverc
3 hours ago
I would to list the files first so that I don't delete something that I want to keep.
– Kathryn Trucano
3 hours ago
I would never run a command like that first time with a -delete option; run it without the delete so it just finds the files, and you can peruse the files it will delete, then only when happy add the -delete option).findfinds files by name, date, permissions or anything, but you can also tell it to execute something for each file, delete them etc. It's a standard *nix command from 1978
– guiverc
3 hours ago
Do you need this to delete plain files only - or directories as well? does it need to be recursive or just files at one directory level?
– steeldriver
3 hours ago
add a comment |
find -name *. -deletemaybe
– guiverc
3 hours ago
I would to list the files first so that I don't delete something that I want to keep.
– Kathryn Trucano
3 hours ago
I would never run a command like that first time with a -delete option; run it without the delete so it just finds the files, and you can peruse the files it will delete, then only when happy add the -delete option).findfinds files by name, date, permissions or anything, but you can also tell it to execute something for each file, delete them etc. It's a standard *nix command from 1978
– guiverc
3 hours ago
Do you need this to delete plain files only - or directories as well? does it need to be recursive or just files at one directory level?
– steeldriver
3 hours ago
find -name *. -delete maybe– guiverc
3 hours ago
find -name *. -delete maybe– guiverc
3 hours ago
I would to list the files first so that I don't delete something that I want to keep.
– Kathryn Trucano
3 hours ago
I would to list the files first so that I don't delete something that I want to keep.
– Kathryn Trucano
3 hours ago
I would never run a command like that first time with a -delete option; run it without the delete so it just finds the files, and you can peruse the files it will delete, then only when happy add the -delete option).
find finds files by name, date, permissions or anything, but you can also tell it to execute something for each file, delete them etc. It's a standard *nix command from 1978– guiverc
3 hours ago
I would never run a command like that first time with a -delete option; run it without the delete so it just finds the files, and you can peruse the files it will delete, then only when happy add the -delete option).
find finds files by name, date, permissions or anything, but you can also tell it to execute something for each file, delete them etc. It's a standard *nix command from 1978– guiverc
3 hours ago
Do you need this to delete plain files only - or directories as well? does it need to be recursive or just files at one directory level?
– steeldriver
3 hours ago
Do you need this to delete plain files only - or directories as well? does it need to be recursive or just files at one directory level?
– steeldriver
3 hours ago
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The following cmd will do:
find . -type f -name '*.' -exec rm -i ;
cmd explanation:
find: the utility we used to search for files and perform actions on them.-type f:that makes sure that we find files only-name '*.': that tellfindto pick up files with names that match the pattern, which has a wildcard *, that matches any number of characters, followed by the dot we're looking for.
note that we quoted the pattern, this is important to avoid the expansion of the wildcard by the shell.-exec: that tells find to perform the following action on the files that have been found.rm -i: the cmdrm -iremoves files interactively, which means that it will ask you any time, it wants to delete a file, that's a good option if you want to check your files one by one before deletion, otherwise you can omit the option-i.
the curly braces are placeholders for the files found byfind.- finally we end the command executed by find with an escaped semicolon
;
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find -name "*." -delete
find will locate files named pattern '*.' (ie. end in a dot) & delete them. The use of -delete also implies -depth too, but adjust to your needs.
Quotes added as I'd forgotten, thanks @steeldriver
answered 3 hours ago
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The following cmd will do:
find . -type f -name '*.' -exec rm -i ;
cmd explanation:
find: the utility we used to search for files and perform actions on them.-type f:that makes sure that we find files only-name '*.': that tellfindto pick up files with names that match the pattern, which has a wildcard *, that matches any number of characters, followed by the dot we're looking for.
note that we quoted the pattern, this is important to avoid the expansion of the wildcard by the shell.-exec: that tells find to perform the following action on the files that have been found.rm -i: the cmdrm -iremoves files interactively, which means that it will ask you any time, it wants to delete a file, that's a good option if you want to check your files one by one before deletion, otherwise you can omit the option-i.
the curly braces are placeholders for the files found byfind.- finally we end the command executed by find with an escaped semicolon
;
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The following cmd will do:
find . -type f -name '*.' -exec rm -i ;
cmd explanation:
find: the utility we used to search for files and perform actions on them.-type f:that makes sure that we find files only-name '*.': that tellfindto pick up files with names that match the pattern, which has a wildcard *, that matches any number of characters, followed by the dot we're looking for.
note that we quoted the pattern, this is important to avoid the expansion of the wildcard by the shell.-exec: that tells find to perform the following action on the files that have been found.rm -i: the cmdrm -iremoves files interactively, which means that it will ask you any time, it wants to delete a file, that's a good option if you want to check your files one by one before deletion, otherwise you can omit the option-i.
the curly braces are placeholders for the files found byfind.- finally we end the command executed by find with an escaped semicolon
;
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The following cmd will do:
find . -type f -name '*.' -exec rm -i ;
cmd explanation:
find: the utility we used to search for files and perform actions on them.-type f:that makes sure that we find files only-name '*.': that tellfindto pick up files with names that match the pattern, which has a wildcard *, that matches any number of characters, followed by the dot we're looking for.
note that we quoted the pattern, this is important to avoid the expansion of the wildcard by the shell.-exec: that tells find to perform the following action on the files that have been found.rm -i: the cmdrm -iremoves files interactively, which means that it will ask you any time, it wants to delete a file, that's a good option if you want to check your files one by one before deletion, otherwise you can omit the option-i.
the curly braces are placeholders for the files found byfind.- finally we end the command executed by find with an escaped semicolon
;
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The following cmd will do:
find . -type f -name '*.' -exec rm -i ;
cmd explanation:
find: the utility we used to search for files and perform actions on them.-type f:that makes sure that we find files only-name '*.': that tellfindto pick up files with names that match the pattern, which has a wildcard *, that matches any number of characters, followed by the dot we're looking for.
note that we quoted the pattern, this is important to avoid the expansion of the wildcard by the shell.-exec: that tells find to perform the following action on the files that have been found.rm -i: the cmdrm -iremoves files interactively, which means that it will ask you any time, it wants to delete a file, that's a good option if you want to check your files one by one before deletion, otherwise you can omit the option-i.
the curly braces are placeholders for the files found byfind.- finally we end the command executed by find with an escaped semicolon
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find -name "*." -delete
find will locate files named pattern '*.' (ie. end in a dot) & delete them. The use of -delete also implies -depth too, but adjust to your needs.
Quotes added as I'd forgotten, thanks @steeldriver
answered 3 hours ago
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find -name "*." -delete
find will locate files named pattern '*.' (ie. end in a dot) & delete them. The use of -delete also implies -depth too, but adjust to your needs.
Quotes added as I'd forgotten, thanks @steeldriver
answered 3 hours ago
guivercguiverc
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find -name "*." -delete
find will locate files named pattern '*.' (ie. end in a dot) & delete them. The use of -delete also implies -depth too, but adjust to your needs.
Quotes added as I'd forgotten, thanks @steeldriver
answered 3 hours ago
guivercguiverc
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find -name "*." -delete
find will locate files named pattern '*.' (ie. end in a dot) & delete them. The use of -delete also implies -depth too, but adjust to your needs.
Quotes added as I'd forgotten, thanks @steeldriver
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find -name *. -deletemaybe– guiverc
3 hours ago
I would to list the files first so that I don't delete something that I want to keep.
– Kathryn Trucano
3 hours ago
I would never run a command like that first time with a -delete option; run it without the delete so it just finds the files, and you can peruse the files it will delete, then only when happy add the -delete option).
findfinds files by name, date, permissions or anything, but you can also tell it to execute something for each file, delete them etc. It's a standard *nix command from 1978– guiverc
3 hours ago
Do you need this to delete plain files only - or directories as well? does it need to be recursive or just files at one directory level?
– steeldriver
3 hours ago