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I have a list of files in a .txt file (say list.txt). I want to delete the files in that list. I haven't done scripting before. Could some give the shell script/command I can use. I have bash shell.
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Type the rm command, a space, and then the name of the file you want to delete. If the file is not in the current working directory, provide a path to the file's location. You can pass more than one filename to rm . Doing so deletes all of the specified files.
Syntax: rm command to remove a file.
To do this, start by opening the Start menu (Windows key), typing run , and hitting Enter. In the dialogue that appears, type cmd and hit Enter again. With the command prompt open, enter del /f filename , where filename is the name of the file or files (you can specify multiple files using commas) you want to delete.
The Linux rm command is used to remove files and directories. (As its name implies, this is a dangerous command, so be careful.)
while read -r filename; do
rm "$filename"
done <list.txt
is slow.
rm $(<list.txt)
will fail if there are too many arguments.
I think it should work:
xargs -a list.txt -d'\n' rm
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