I want to safely delete all files in a certain directory that are
exactly 32 characters long. This is on CentOS 5.x. How would I do
that?
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:12:34 -0500
Matt wrote:

> I want to safely delete all files in a certain directory that are
> exactly 32 characters long. This is on CentOS 5.x. How would I do
> that?

rm -i ????????????????????????????????


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On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 05:12:34PM -0500, Matt wrote:
> I want to safely delete all files in a certain directory that are
> exactly 32 characters long. This is on CentOS 5.x. How would I do
> that?

Let me guess; homework... 'cos this sure ain't a CentOS question!

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>> I want to safely delete all files in a certain directory that are
>> exactly 32 characters long. *This is on CentOS 5.x. *How would I do
>> that?
>
> Let me guess; homework... *'cos this sure ain't a CentOS question!

No, cluttered directory.
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find /whe/re -mtime +2 -exec echo {} ;

If you get "Argument list too long" error, you can use

find . -name "*" -print | xargs rm

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On 2012-06-20 02:11, Diego Sanchez wrote:
> find /whe/re -mtime +2 -exec echo {} ;
>
> If you get "Argument list too long" error, you can use
>
> find . -name "*" -print | xargs rm
>

Be very careful using that line!

If you have files or directories with whitespace or other special items
in the name it can produce very unexpected behavior. In the case of
whitespaces in filenames a better choise is to use

find . -name '...' -print0 | xargs -0 rm

Look at the man pages for find and xargs for more information.
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