search disk and prompt for deletion of files larger than a certain size

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RE: search disk and prompt for deletion of files larger than a certain size by merlyn (Sage) on Oct 01, 2000 at 15:05 UTC
We had a `find ... xargs` vs. File::Find discussion here before. Your entire program can be written by `find2perl` in a much more secure and efficient manner: `find2perl /top/dir -name '*.gz' -eval 'size > 1000000 and unlink' \| pe +rl` [download] -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply] [d/l]
RE: search disk and prompt for deletion of files larger than a certain size by fundflow (Chaplain) on Oct 01, 2000 at 17:32 UTC
merlyn gave a perl solution and here is a complete shell solution: `find / -name '.gz' -size +1000k -print \| xargs rm -i` [download] or `find / -name '.gz' -size +1000k -print \| xargs -p -n 1 rm` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
RE: RE: search disk and prompt for deletion of files larger than a certain size by merlyn (Sage) on Oct 01, 2000 at 22:28 UTC
Still suffering from the "whitespace in the directory name" problems, of course. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]
RE: RE: RE: search disk and prompt for deletion of files larger than a certain size by redcloud (Parson) on Oct 02, 2000 at 06:56 UTC
The GNU versions can handle the "whitespace in the directory name" problems: `find / -name '.gz' -size +1000k -print0 \| xargs -0 rm -i` or `find / -name '.gz' -size +1000k -print0 \| xargs -0 -p -n 1 rm` Note the `-print0` switch on the `find` and the `-0` switch on the `xargs` command.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
RE: RE: RE: search disk and prompt for deletion of files larger than a certain size by fundflow (Chaplain) on Oct 02, 2000 at 16:43 UTC
Since you brought this point up more than once, i'm just wondering where are typical settings where you see spaces in filenames? (it is so rare for me that i usually just don't think about it) thanks, ff	[reply]
RE (tilly) 4: search disk and prompt for deletion of files larger than a certain size by tilly (Archbishop) on Oct 02, 2000 at 17:36 UTC
RE: RE: RE: RE: search disk and prompt for deletion of files larger than a certain size by merlyn (Sage) on Oct 02, 2000 at 17:25 UTC
RE: search disk and prompt for deletion of files larger than a certain size by OzzyOsbourne (Chaplain) on Oct 03, 2000 at 22:06 UTC
I did something like this in RE: Find files older than x days and delete them, but it was 900 times messier. I'm impressed with your method. I can't imagine what Merlyn would say... -ozzyOsbourne	[reply]


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