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I need to recursively remove all files in all subdirs where the filename contains a number followed by an 'x' followed by a number, at least two times.
Example:
I'd want to remove these files:
'aaa-12x123-123x12.jpg'
'aaa-12x12-123x12-12x123.jpg'
But I do NOT want to remove these files:
'aaa.jpg'
'aaa-12x12.jpg'
'aaaxaaa-123x123.jpg'
'aaaxaaa-aaaxaaa.jpg'
How can I do that (from the bash shell)
bash files find wildcards
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I need to recursively remove all files in all subdirs where the filename contains a number followed by an 'x' followed by a number, at least two times.
Example:
I'd want to remove these files:
'aaa-12x123-123x12.jpg'
'aaa-12x12-123x12-12x123.jpg'
But I do NOT want to remove these files:
'aaa.jpg'
'aaa-12x12.jpg'
'aaaxaaa-123x123.jpg'
'aaaxaaa-aaaxaaa.jpg'
How can I do that (from the bash shell)
bash files find wildcards
edited May 6 '14 at 17:51
derobert
71.5k8152210
asked Jul 30 '13 at 0:00
mikkelbreum
263136
add a comment |
up vote
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favorite
up vote
29
down vote
favorite
I need to recursively remove all files in all subdirs where the filename contains a number followed by an 'x' followed by a number, at least two times.
Example:
I'd want to remove these files:
'aaa-12x123-123x12.jpg'
'aaa-12x12-123x12-12x123.jpg'
But I do NOT want to remove these files:
'aaa.jpg'
'aaa-12x12.jpg'
'aaaxaaa-123x123.jpg'
'aaaxaaa-aaaxaaa.jpg'
How can I do that (from the bash shell)
bash files find wildcards
edited May 6 '14 at 17:51
derobert
71.5k8152210
asked Jul 30 '13 at 0:00
mikkelbreum
263136
I need to recursively remove all files in all subdirs where the filename contains a number followed by an 'x' followed by a number, at least two times.
Example:
I'd want to remove these files:
'aaa-12x123-123x12.jpg'
'aaa-12x12-123x12-12x123.jpg'
But I do NOT want to remove these files:
'aaa.jpg'
'aaa-12x12.jpg'
'aaaxaaa-123x123.jpg'
'aaaxaaa-aaaxaaa.jpg'
How can I do that (from the bash shell)
bash files find wildcards
bash files find wildcards
edited May 6 '14 at 17:51
derobert
71.5k8152210
asked Jul 30 '13 at 0:00
mikkelbreum
263136
edited May 6 '14 at 17:51
derobert
71.5k8152210
asked Jul 30 '13 at 0:00
mikkelbreum
263136
edited May 6 '14 at 17:51
derobert
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edited May 6 '14 at 17:51
derobert
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edited May 6 '14 at 17:51
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asked Jul 30 '13 at 0:00
mikkelbreum
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asked Jul 30 '13 at 0:00
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A string contains “a number followed by an x followed by a number” if and only if it contains a digit followed by an x followed by a digit, i.e. if it contains a substring matching the pattern [0-9]x[0-9]. So you're looking to remove the files whose name matches the pattern *[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg.
find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' -delete
If your find doesn't have -delete, call rm to delete the files.
find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' -exec rm {} +
answered Jul 30 '13 at 0:07
Gilles
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Thank you! 12.000 files gone i 2 sec. That saved me some manual labour!
– mikkelbreum
Jul 30 '13 at 13:45
Neither-deletenor-exec rmworked for me in Bash on Windows. But this did:find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' | xargs rm
– Tamlyn
Aug 13 '15 at 8:30
2
@Tamlyn Use-print0andxargs -0, otherwise the command will fail with file names containing spaces or single quotes. But-deleteand-exec rmdo work on Windows. If something doesn't work, it's not due to their use.
– Gilles
Aug 13 '15 at 9:50
Will this work with Windows as well?
– CodyBugstein
Aug 25 '15 at 4:07
It'll work if you have a port of Unix utilities such as Cygwin or GNUWin32. Obviously it won't work out of the box on Windows. Take care that Windows has an unrelated program calledfind, so make sure the Unix utilities are first inPATH.
– Gilles
Aug 25 '15 at 8:33
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The right command is:
find . -type f -iregex '.*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg$'
this will grab only files with names: 'aaa-12x12.jpg', but not 'aaa-12x12red.jpg'
answered Dec 4 at 13:01
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A string contains “a number followed by an x followed by a number” if and only if it contains a digit followed by an x followed by a digit, i.e. if it contains a substring matching the pattern [0-9]x[0-9]. So you're looking to remove the files whose name matches the pattern *[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg.
find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' -delete
If your find doesn't have -delete, call rm to delete the files.
find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' -exec rm {} +
answered Jul 30 '13 at 0:07
Gilles
525k12710511578
2
Thank you! 12.000 files gone i 2 sec. That saved me some manual labour!
– mikkelbreum
Jul 30 '13 at 13:45
Neither-deletenor-exec rmworked for me in Bash on Windows. But this did:find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' | xargs rm
– Tamlyn
Aug 13 '15 at 8:30
2
@Tamlyn Use-print0andxargs -0, otherwise the command will fail with file names containing spaces or single quotes. But-deleteand-exec rmdo work on Windows. If something doesn't work, it's not due to their use.
– Gilles
Aug 13 '15 at 9:50
Will this work with Windows as well?
– CodyBugstein
Aug 25 '15 at 4:07
It'll work if you have a port of Unix utilities such as Cygwin or GNUWin32. Obviously it won't work out of the box on Windows. Take care that Windows has an unrelated program calledfind, so make sure the Unix utilities are first inPATH.
– Gilles
Aug 25 '15 at 8:33
add a comment |
up vote
59
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accepted
A string contains “a number followed by an x followed by a number” if and only if it contains a digit followed by an x followed by a digit, i.e. if it contains a substring matching the pattern [0-9]x[0-9]. So you're looking to remove the files whose name matches the pattern *[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg.
find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' -delete
If your find doesn't have -delete, call rm to delete the files.
find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' -exec rm {} +
answered Jul 30 '13 at 0:07
Gilles
525k12710511578
2
Thank you! 12.000 files gone i 2 sec. That saved me some manual labour!
– mikkelbreum
Jul 30 '13 at 13:45
Neither-deletenor-exec rmworked for me in Bash on Windows. But this did:find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' | xargs rm
– Tamlyn
Aug 13 '15 at 8:30
2
@Tamlyn Use-print0andxargs -0, otherwise the command will fail with file names containing spaces or single quotes. But-deleteand-exec rmdo work on Windows. If something doesn't work, it's not due to their use.
– Gilles
Aug 13 '15 at 9:50
Will this work with Windows as well?
– CodyBugstein
Aug 25 '15 at 4:07
It'll work if you have a port of Unix utilities such as Cygwin or GNUWin32. Obviously it won't work out of the box on Windows. Take care that Windows has an unrelated program calledfind, so make sure the Unix utilities are first inPATH.
– Gilles
Aug 25 '15 at 8:33
add a comment |
up vote
59
down vote
accepted
up vote
59
down vote
accepted
A string contains “a number followed by an x followed by a number” if and only if it contains a digit followed by an x followed by a digit, i.e. if it contains a substring matching the pattern [0-9]x[0-9]. So you're looking to remove the files whose name matches the pattern *[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg.
find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' -delete
If your find doesn't have -delete, call rm to delete the files.
find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' -exec rm {} +
answered Jul 30 '13 at 0:07
Gilles
525k12710511578
A string contains “a number followed by an x followed by a number” if and only if it contains a digit followed by an x followed by a digit, i.e. if it contains a substring matching the pattern [0-9]x[0-9]. So you're looking to remove the files whose name matches the pattern *[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg.
find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' -delete
If your find doesn't have -delete, call rm to delete the files.
find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' -exec rm {} +
answered Jul 30 '13 at 0:07
Gilles
525k12710511578
answered Jul 30 '13 at 0:07
Gilles
525k12710511578
answered Jul 30 '13 at 0:07
Gilles
525k12710511578
answered Jul 30 '13 at 0:07
Gilles
525k12710511578
525k12710511578
2
Thank you! 12.000 files gone i 2 sec. That saved me some manual labour!
– mikkelbreum
Jul 30 '13 at 13:45
Neither-deletenor-exec rmworked for me in Bash on Windows. But this did:find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' | xargs rm
– Tamlyn
Aug 13 '15 at 8:30
2
@Tamlyn Use-print0andxargs -0, otherwise the command will fail with file names containing spaces or single quotes. But-deleteand-exec rmdo work on Windows. If something doesn't work, it's not due to their use.
– Gilles
Aug 13 '15 at 9:50
Will this work with Windows as well?
– CodyBugstein
Aug 25 '15 at 4:07
It'll work if you have a port of Unix utilities such as Cygwin or GNUWin32. Obviously it won't work out of the box on Windows. Take care that Windows has an unrelated program calledfind, so make sure the Unix utilities are first inPATH.
– Gilles
Aug 25 '15 at 8:33
add a comment |
2
Thank you! 12.000 files gone i 2 sec. That saved me some manual labour!
– mikkelbreum
Jul 30 '13 at 13:45
Neither-deletenor-exec rmworked for me in Bash on Windows. But this did:find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' | xargs rm
– Tamlyn
Aug 13 '15 at 8:30
2
@Tamlyn Use-print0andxargs -0, otherwise the command will fail with file names containing spaces or single quotes. But-deleteand-exec rmdo work on Windows. If something doesn't work, it's not due to their use.
– Gilles
Aug 13 '15 at 9:50
Will this work with Windows as well?
– CodyBugstein
Aug 25 '15 at 4:07
It'll work if you have a port of Unix utilities such as Cygwin or GNUWin32. Obviously it won't work out of the box on Windows. Take care that Windows has an unrelated program calledfind, so make sure the Unix utilities are first inPATH.
– Gilles
Aug 25 '15 at 8:33
2
2
Thank you! 12.000 files gone i 2 sec. That saved me some manual labour!
– mikkelbreum
Jul 30 '13 at 13:45
Thank you! 12.000 files gone i 2 sec. That saved me some manual labour!
– mikkelbreum
Jul 30 '13 at 13:45
Neither
-delete nor -exec rm worked for me in Bash on Windows. But this did: find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' | xargs rm– Tamlyn
Aug 13 '15 at 8:30
Neither
-delete nor -exec rm worked for me in Bash on Windows. But this did: find /path/to/directory -type f -name '*[0-9]x[0-9]*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg' | xargs rm– Tamlyn
Aug 13 '15 at 8:30
2
2
@Tamlyn Use
-print0 and xargs -0, otherwise the command will fail with file names containing spaces or single quotes. But -delete and -exec rm do work on Windows. If something doesn't work, it's not due to their use.– Gilles
Aug 13 '15 at 9:50
@Tamlyn Use
-print0 and xargs -0, otherwise the command will fail with file names containing spaces or single quotes. But -delete and -exec rm do work on Windows. If something doesn't work, it's not due to their use.– Gilles
Aug 13 '15 at 9:50
Will this work with Windows as well?
– CodyBugstein
Aug 25 '15 at 4:07
Will this work with Windows as well?
– CodyBugstein
Aug 25 '15 at 4:07
It'll work if you have a port of Unix utilities such as Cygwin or GNUWin32. Obviously it won't work out of the box on Windows. Take care that Windows has an unrelated program called
find, so make sure the Unix utilities are first in PATH.– Gilles
Aug 25 '15 at 8:33
It'll work if you have a port of Unix utilities such as Cygwin or GNUWin32. Obviously it won't work out of the box on Windows. Take care that Windows has an unrelated program called
find, so make sure the Unix utilities are first in PATH.– Gilles
Aug 25 '15 at 8:33
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The right command is:
find . -type f -iregex '.*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg$'
this will grab only files with names: 'aaa-12x12.jpg', but not 'aaa-12x12red.jpg'
answered Dec 4 at 13:01
MasterR
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The right command is:
find . -type f -iregex '.*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg$'
this will grab only files with names: 'aaa-12x12.jpg', but not 'aaa-12x12red.jpg'
answered Dec 4 at 13:01
MasterR
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The right command is:
find . -type f -iregex '.*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg$'
this will grab only files with names: 'aaa-12x12.jpg', but not 'aaa-12x12red.jpg'
answered Dec 4 at 13:01
MasterR
11
The right command is:
find . -type f -iregex '.*[0-9]x[0-9]*.jpg$'
this will grab only files with names: 'aaa-12x12.jpg', but not 'aaa-12x12red.jpg'
answered Dec 4 at 13:01
MasterR
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edited Dec 4 at 13:21
answered Dec 4 at 13:01
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