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Re: Delete a specific type of files when they exist.
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 00:42:21 -0500
- Subject: Re: Delete a specific type of files when they exist.
- References: <rfidm4hfs5p9h6s40obf5s083onsau7j26@4ax.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 11:55:46AM +0800, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I want to delete the all of the cache-2 files under a directory, so I
>use the following line to do this:
>
>if [ -f *.cache-2 ] rm *.cache-2
>
>But it seems that this -f parameter in the _if_ command will not work
>with wildcard, i.e., the _[ -f *.cache-2 ]_ isn't a valid arg. Any
>hints on this issue?
Why not just
rm -f *.cache-2
?
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