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Re: Delete a specific type of files when they exist.
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 00:42:21 -0500, Christopher Faylor
<cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com> wrote:
>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
A good idea. Thanks.
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