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Hi All,<br />
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We run a SunOS 5.8 server.<br />
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One directory has about 8000 files, which are all similarly named.<br />
About 1/3 of those files need to be removed.<br />
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I need to search inside each file, find a certain phrase/patern and delete those files that contain that phrase.<br />
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Is there a script or command that will achieve this.<br />
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Please help.<br />
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Regards,<br />
Jo
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Hi All,

We run a SunOS 5.8 server.

One directory has about 8000 files, which are all similarly named.
About 1/3 of those files need to be removed.

I need to search inside each file, find a certain phrase/patern and delete those files that contain that phrase.

Is there a script or command that will achieve this.

Please help.

Regards,
Jo

Removing certain files from a directory

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