Files with ~ mark at the end

bkcreddy17 · 11-22-2008, 02:53 AM

When does a file get extension ~ .suppose there is a file called script.sh. It was converted to script.sh~ . To edit them in GUI mode, i am not able to see, even as hidden files. How do i remove ~ mark at the end of the file? I did few file manually

Code:

mv script.sh~ script.sh

But there are many files across the system. How do i do it?

colucix · 11-22-2008, 03:31 AM

These are backup files created by some GUI editors, like gedit. You can:
1) disable the creation of the backup files, from the editor's options
2) enable the file manager to show backup files
3) remove them all in a single shot:

Code:

find . -name \*~ -exec echo rm {} \; # the echo is for testing

If you don't feel the backup files are necessary, you can apply points 1 and 3 above.

jan61 · 11-22-2008, 08:32 AM

Moin,

to remove the files I'd prefer:

Code:

find . -name \*~ -print0 | xargs -0 rm

- doesn't call a new rm process for each file
- can handle filenames with blanks and other special characters.

Jan

colucix · 11-22-2008, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jan61

- doesn't call a new rm process for each file
- can handle filenames with blanks and other special characters.

True the first statement, not the second. The -exec action handles spaces and special character, too.

nehaandrew · 11-26-2008, 10:08 AM

This should do the trick
(I think!)

================================
for i in `find . -name \*~`;
do
rm -rfv $i
done

================================

Linux

nehaandrew · 11-26-2008, 10:11 AM

You might need to do some testing of the above script to see it works fine.

jan61 · 11-26-2008, 01:05 PM

Moin,

Quote:

Originally Posted by nehaandrew

You might need to do some testing of the above script to see it works fine.

yes:

Code:

jan@jack:~/tmp/ugly> ll
total 0
-rw-r--r--  1 jan users 0 Nov 26 19:58 file with?newline~
-rw-r--r--  1 jan users 0 Nov 26 19:58 file with a ' inside~
-rw-r--r--  1 jan users 0 Nov 26 19:58 file with blanks~
-rw-r--r--  1 jan users 0 Nov 26 20:00 file with ctrl-c ?inside
jan@jack:~/tmp/ugly> for i in `find . -name \*~`;
> do
> ls "$i"
> done
/bin/ls: ./file: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: with: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: a: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: ': No such file or directory
/bin/ls: inside~: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: ./file: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: with: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: blanks~: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: ./file: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: with: No such file or directory
/bin/ls: newline~: No such file or directory

Jan

nehaandrew · 11-27-2008, 04:35 AM

(Swallowing my ego) Thanks for the info Jan61.