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BlueOrb 06-29-2004 04:48 PM
Having rm or mv take file input
 
how can i get rm to take a file input? i have a text file with a bunch of paths in it, but how do i get rm or mv to do their stuff to the files instead of to the text file itself?

scuzzman 06-29-2004 04:53 PM
Code:
[user@domain ~]$ rm < filename
this should do the trick

BlueOrb 06-29-2004 06:15 PM
nah, im not that n00bish tried that it says for rm too few args and for mv missing file arg... :(

iulius 06-29-2004 09:40 PM
xargs
 
You need to use xargs to split the file into separate tokens, each with its own call to rm.

Like so:
Code:
xargs rm -f < thefile

BlueOrb 06-29-2004 09:42 PM
alright ill try that thanks guys!


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