[SOLVED] Print the files that are deleted successfully

sras · 09-11-2013, 10:27 AM

Hello Guys.

how to print the list of files that are deleted successfully from the command below.

find / -name "*log*" -type f -exec rm -f '{}' \;

Thanks.

colucix · 09-11-2013, 11:10 AM

Add -print:

Code:

find / -name "*log*" -type f -exec rm -f '{}' \; -print

jlliagre · 09-11-2013, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sras

find / -name "*log*" -type f -exec rm -f '{}' \;

Ouch, a great command when run as root if you want to brick your OS ...

Removing login, dtlogin, gdmlogin, logname, syslogd, zlogin, sulogin is not a smart idea.

SAbhi · 09-11-2013, 11:10 PM

Quote:

find / -name "*log*" -type f -exec rm -f '{}' \;

Are you pretty sure you want to remove all said files in the above post, I guess no!!

You may be trying to remove log files ... but that will also a bad dream if executed with something like this "*.log"

So when you trying to delete files with a pattern always make sure you are specifying the correct location.

sras · 09-12-2013, 03:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colucix

Add -print:

Code:

find / -name "*log*" -type f -exec rm -f '{}' \; -print

Worked Exact! Thanks you.
However I'm going to delete only "*log" files