Delete 1000 various files from a folder in 1 go

[Sponge Bob]

Hello,

Does anyone have a method to delete a given 1000 file names, from a specific folder at one go?

is it possible via SSH or even if a script that can do that.

Please share.

Thanks

 

[soft2050]

Why not just delete the whole folder through ftp ?

 

[xTreme]

^ folder may contain other files which he dont want to delete

 

[Sponge Bob]

yep the folder has over 10,000

i need to delete 1000 specified ones

 

[Lock Down]

Window or linux? How do you determine which files or are they always the same name?

 

[l0calh0st]

Please explain it a bit more, I didn't got it xD

 

[Rew]

For listing that need files
find /your/folder/location -name '*.html' -exec ls -l {} \;


For removing that files
find /your/folder/location -name '*.html' -exec rm -f {} \;


First list them see if you are getting correct ones then delete them with second command, there are other lots of ways like

List file names
grep -rl "match" /folder/location
Delete them
grep -rl "match" /folder/location | xargs rm



Hope it helps

 

[ty180sx]

you can use shell script to rm the files if you have the list of filenames with you

 

[Sponge Bob]

Hey its on cPanel.

I do have a list of files with me that i want removed, please give me the exact code.

Thanks

 

[sat_cse28]

how the filename starts like is it have common name start?

 

[Sponge Bob]

@sat no its not common filenames. But i got a list of the filenames i want to delete.

 

[sat_cse28]

just add rm before the file names list and save with .sh and run it :D

 

[Sponge Bob]

please explain more or give an example

like these are my file names just an example

234234234.jpg
4534543543.jpg
54746564.jpg
5464756475645645.jpg
24f43r43r534f34.jpg

something like that what would the .sh be and how do i run it

 

[sat_cse28]

open the content in notepad and save with anyfilename.sh

add like this

rm 234234234.jpg
rm 4534543543.jpg
rm 54746564.jpg
rm 5464756475645645.jpg
rm 24f43r43r534f34.jpg

login to ssh & run the filename in your linux box .

sh filename.sh

sh is shell script

 

[sww]

#!/bin/sh

for (( i = 0 ; i <= 1000; i++ ))
do
read line
rm $line
done

 

[ty180sx]

Yea just as @sat says. It will work.

 

[vipking]

can i have your screenshot?
how many files per page?

 

[Aquickhost]

Hmm. SSH batch scripting should do. But im not sure about that. Google will surely hep.

 

[Sponge Bob]

Sorry its on a server. There are more than 10,000 files in a folder.

 

[Aquickhost]

put : "rm -f" in front of all those files with a text replacement software, ie notepad++ and put ";" semicolon after each file path, then paste everything in your PuTTy window, this shall remove all files.

But im still sure, there a batch style way to do it, you will have to do a little research.