Remove files based on content

stefaandk · 08-13-2005, 05:46 AM

I'm trying to remove all files if they have a certain content

find /var/qmail/queue/mess/ -exec grep yahoo {} \; -print

The above find command manages to list me the files but now I want to combine that command with actually deleting those files.

But I can't seem to get the syntax right

Ta

druuna · 08-13-2005, 06:23 AM

Hi,

Something like this should work:

find /var/qmail/queue/mess -exec grep -l "yahoo" {} \; -exec rm {} \;

Hope this helps.

stefaandk · 08-13-2005, 09:03 AM

Ripper Druuna, that did the trick beautifully!

Good on ya!