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Good morning,
I need help with writing a script or command which I can give to crontab (I'm only interested in a terminal without gui).
I want the command to find files with the same name in directories
/ Home / user / dir1 / *
/ Home / user / dir2 / *
The files located in / dir2 / * are to be removed.
Files found in / dir1 / * must be.
Can anyone help me?
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Good morning,
I need help with writing a script or command which I can give to crontab (I'm only interested in a terminal without gui).
I want the command to find files with the same name in directories
/ Home / user / dir1 / *
/ Home / user / dir2 / *
The files located in / dir2 / * are to be removed.
Files found in / dir1 / * must be.
Can anyone help me?
duplicate
asked Mar 15 at 12:26
StarterStarter
4
closed as unclear what you're asking by Pilot6, user68186, Eric Carvalho, Parto, Thomas Mar 16 at 10:03
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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We don't solve school tasks here.
– Pilot6
Mar 15 at 12:30
This is not a school task, it's for my personal development ...
– Starter
Mar 15 at 12:31
What have you tried? This really reads like an intro unix programming quesiton, or it is of the from xyproblem.info . Try telling us why you want to do this?
– j-money
Mar 15 at 13:26
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Good morning,
I need help with writing a script or command which I can give to crontab (I'm only interested in a terminal without gui).
I want the command to find files with the same name in directories
/ Home / user / dir1 / *
/ Home / user / dir2 / *
The files located in / dir2 / * are to be removed.
Files found in / dir1 / * must be.
Can anyone help me?
duplicate
asked Mar 15 at 12:26
StarterStarter
4
Good morning,
I need help with writing a script or command which I can give to crontab (I'm only interested in a terminal without gui).
I want the command to find files with the same name in directories
/ Home / user / dir1 / *
/ Home / user / dir2 / *
The files located in / dir2 / * are to be removed.
Files found in / dir1 / * must be.
Can anyone help me?
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asked Mar 15 at 12:26
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asked Mar 15 at 12:26
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asked Mar 15 at 12:26
StarterStarter
4
asked Mar 15 at 12:26
StarterStarter
4
asked Mar 15 at 12:26
StarterStarter
4
4
closed as unclear what you're asking by Pilot6, user68186, Eric Carvalho, Parto, Thomas Mar 16 at 10:03
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as unclear what you're asking by Pilot6, user68186, Eric Carvalho, Parto, Thomas Mar 16 at 10:03
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We don't solve school tasks here.
– Pilot6
Mar 15 at 12:30
This is not a school task, it's for my personal development ...
– Starter
Mar 15 at 12:31
What have you tried? This really reads like an intro unix programming quesiton, or it is of the from xyproblem.info . Try telling us why you want to do this?
– j-money
Mar 15 at 13:26
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1
We don't solve school tasks here.
– Pilot6
Mar 15 at 12:30
This is not a school task, it's for my personal development ...
– Starter
Mar 15 at 12:31
What have you tried? This really reads like an intro unix programming quesiton, or it is of the from xyproblem.info . Try telling us why you want to do this?
– j-money
Mar 15 at 13:26
1
1
We don't solve school tasks here.
– Pilot6
Mar 15 at 12:30
We don't solve school tasks here.
– Pilot6
Mar 15 at 12:30
This is not a school task, it's for my personal development ...
– Starter
Mar 15 at 12:31
This is not a school task, it's for my personal development ...
– Starter
Mar 15 at 12:31
What have you tried? This really reads like an intro unix programming quesiton, or it is of the from xyproblem.info . Try telling us why you want to do this?
– j-money
Mar 15 at 13:26
What have you tried? This really reads like an intro unix programming quesiton, or it is of the from xyproblem.info . Try telling us why you want to do this?
– j-money
Mar 15 at 13:26
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HANDLE WITH CARE as files are removed by this script!
The following script finds all regular files in both directories and sorts them. The comm -12 command finds all common lines in both results. Finally those files are removed in the second directory, as well as the used temporary files.
This works as long as there aren't weird filenames (e.g. containing spaces or other special characters).
#!/bin/bash
cd /home/user/dir1
find . -type f | sort > /tmp/find1
cd /home/user/dir2
find . -type f | sort > /tmp/find2
for i in $(comm -12 /tmp/find1 /tmp/find2)
do
rm $i
done
rm /tmp/find1 /tmp/find2
answered Mar 15 at 14:14
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HANDLE WITH CARE as files are removed by this script!
The following script finds all regular files in both directories and sorts them. The comm -12 command finds all common lines in both results. Finally those files are removed in the second directory, as well as the used temporary files.
This works as long as there aren't weird filenames (e.g. containing spaces or other special characters).
#!/bin/bash
cd /home/user/dir1
find . -type f | sort > /tmp/find1
cd /home/user/dir2
find . -type f | sort > /tmp/find2
for i in $(comm -12 /tmp/find1 /tmp/find2)
do
rm $i
done
rm /tmp/find1 /tmp/find2
answered Mar 15 at 14:14
mucluxmuclux
3,27111130
add a comment |
HANDLE WITH CARE as files are removed by this script!
The following script finds all regular files in both directories and sorts them. The comm -12 command finds all common lines in both results. Finally those files are removed in the second directory, as well as the used temporary files.
This works as long as there aren't weird filenames (e.g. containing spaces or other special characters).
#!/bin/bash
cd /home/user/dir1
find . -type f | sort > /tmp/find1
cd /home/user/dir2
find . -type f | sort > /tmp/find2
for i in $(comm -12 /tmp/find1 /tmp/find2)
do
rm $i
done
rm /tmp/find1 /tmp/find2
answered Mar 15 at 14:14
mucluxmuclux
3,27111130
add a comment |
HANDLE WITH CARE as files are removed by this script!
The following script finds all regular files in both directories and sorts them. The comm -12 command finds all common lines in both results. Finally those files are removed in the second directory, as well as the used temporary files.
This works as long as there aren't weird filenames (e.g. containing spaces or other special characters).
#!/bin/bash
cd /home/user/dir1
find . -type f | sort > /tmp/find1
cd /home/user/dir2
find . -type f | sort > /tmp/find2
for i in $(comm -12 /tmp/find1 /tmp/find2)
do
rm $i
done
rm /tmp/find1 /tmp/find2
answered Mar 15 at 14:14
mucluxmuclux
3,27111130
HANDLE WITH CARE as files are removed by this script!
The following script finds all regular files in both directories and sorts them. The comm -12 command finds all common lines in both results. Finally those files are removed in the second directory, as well as the used temporary files.
This works as long as there aren't weird filenames (e.g. containing spaces or other special characters).
#!/bin/bash
cd /home/user/dir1
find . -type f | sort > /tmp/find1
cd /home/user/dir2
find . -type f | sort > /tmp/find2
for i in $(comm -12 /tmp/find1 /tmp/find2)
do
rm $i
done
rm /tmp/find1 /tmp/find2
answered Mar 15 at 14:14
mucluxmuclux
3,27111130
answered Mar 15 at 14:14
mucluxmuclux
3,27111130
answered Mar 15 at 14:14
mucluxmuclux
3,27111130
answered Mar 15 at 14:14
mucluxmuclux
3,27111130
3,27111130
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We don't solve school tasks here.
– Pilot6
Mar 15 at 12:30
This is not a school task, it's for my personal development ...
– Starter
Mar 15 at 12:31
What have you tried? This really reads like an intro unix programming quesiton, or it is of the from xyproblem.info . Try telling us why you want to do this?
– j-money
Mar 15 at 13:26