[SOLVED] Trouble finding correct folder

battles · 06-17-2014, 09:56 AM

I am trying to delete certain files that have "this-data" within. These files are located in folders 0-9, A-Z in a folder called /var/spool/postfix/deferredtemp. The folders within the /deferredtemp can vary in number, right now they are 0-9 plus A-E. I am finding the files ok with the grep instruction, but the rm doesn't work. I am guessing that the rm is looking for the files in /deferredtemp/ rather than /deferredtemp/E/.

Test to see if finding data ok:
grep -r "this-data" /var/spool/postfix/deferredtemp/*
Binary file /var/spool/postfix/deferredtemp/E/0058F8071A matches

Test to remove file:
grep -r "this-data" /var/spool/postfix/deferredtemp/* | xargs rm
rm: cannot remove `Binary': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `file': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `matches': No such file or directory

TenTenths · 06-17-2014, 10:06 AM

Code:

man grep

And you would have found:

Code:

       -l, --files-with-matches
              Suppress  normal  output;  instead  print  the  name of each input file from which output would normally have been printed.  The
              scanning will stop on the first match.  (-l is specified by POSIX.)

battles · 06-17-2014, 10:22 AM

Yes. I tried that also, but when I got this message:

grep: /var/spool/postfix/deferredtemp/0: Is a directory

I though that it didn't work. Actually it did.

grep -l "ixazon.dynip.com" /var/spool/postfix/deferredtemp/* | xargs rm