Find files in a given directory with an even size to delete - Linux

You need something like

#!/bin/bash

unalias rm
FILES=/tmp/files
find $@ -type f > $FILES

cat $FILES | while read file
do
    size=$(ls -l $file | awk '{print $5}')
    if (( size % 2 == 0 ))
        rm -i $file
    fi

done

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Sorry what I meant was:

a shell script, which deletes files in the directory given, as the script argument. These files should be a size of an even number. The deletion of each file should be confirmed by pressing/ typing "d". Script execution as :

$ script directory_name

Thank you very much though, this looks extremely promising.

@farzanj

When attempting to run your code I receive the following errors:

G1:~$ ./filedelete.sh Documents
The directory specified, with evenly sized files to be deleted is:
/home/G1/Documents

The even files to be deleted within the directory are:
./filedelete.sh: line 8: unalias: rm: not found
./filedelete.sh: line 17: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
./filedelete.sh: line 17: `    fi'
G1:~$

Please keep it up, as I think you are on the right track.

Kind Regards

Try this one.

#!/bin/bash
echo "DIR containing even size files to be removed:"
echo $@
find $@ -type f -printf "%p %s\n"|egrep "(0|2|4|6|8)$"|awk '{print $1}'|xargs rm -i

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@Tintin

Yes, this solution is part way there, but requires the iterative described step that 'farzanj' coded.

I think that if one of you two was able to piece together/ integrate each others coding we would have a solution.

Who ever does so, will be awarded justly.

Kind regards, and thanks to both of you - for all your input so far.

Output from your code Tintin:

G1:~$ ./filedelete.sh Documents
The directory specified, with evenly sized files to be deleted is:
/home/G1/Documents

The even files to be deleted within the directory are:
Documents
rm: remove regular file `Documents/ntuser.ini'? rm: cannot remove `Documents/DNS': No such file or directory
G1:~$ ls Documents
DNS Attacks.txt  DNS Lookups.txt  ntuser.ini
G1:~$ ./filedelete.sh ^C
G1:~$

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Sorry about the syntax errors

Here is code

#!/bin/bash

unalias rm 2> /dev/null
FILES=/tmp/files
find $@ -type f > $FILES

cat $FILES | while read file
do
    size=$(ls -l $file | awk '{print $5}')
    if (( size % 2 == 0 ))
    then
        rm -i $file
    fi

done

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@farzanj

I have tested your code, and received the output as follows:

G1:~$ pico ftest.sh
G1:~$ chmod +x ftest.sh
G1:~$ ./ftest.sh Documents
rm: remove regular file `Documents/ntuser.ini'? G1:~$ ls -a Documents
.  ..  DNS Attacks.txt  DNS Lookups.txt  ntuser.ini
G1:~$

It shows the prompt for deletion, but does not wait for my input.

Please note: Thank you for your assistance.

With Tintin's code you can probably do something like this:

#!/bin/bash
echo "DIR containing even size files to be removed:"
echo $@
for file in $(find $@ -type f -printf "%p %s\n"|egrep "(0|2|4|6|8)$"|awk '{print $1}')
do
    \rm -i $file
done

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Ah, forgot that rm -i didn't work in a pipe

Using a hybrid between my code and farzanj's code:

#!/bin/bash
echo "DIR containing even size files to be removed:"
echo $@
find $@ -type f -printf "%p %s\n" | while read file size
do
    (( size % 2 == 0 )) && \rm -i $file
done

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@farzanj

At the current time, yours is looking like the strongest candidate.

In regards to your post ---> at 07/05/11 06:24 PM, ID: 35714066

All I need to do, is have the deletion performed/ substituted with the D key, is this possible?

I will award you with the solution, but I do ask, if it could be modified for my personal use, and substitute the Y key with the D key?

Kind regards, and many thanks to both of you.

Excellent.

Personal thanks to both Farzanj and Tintin.

Cheers Guys.

Here you go.

So now you need to do D or d to delete and just hit enter (no other key) for not deleting.

#!/bin/bash

for file in $(find $@ -type f)
do
        size=$(ls -l $file | awk '{print $5}')
        if (( size % 2 == 0 ))
        then
                printf "Delete $file (D/d)? "
                read response
                if [[ $response =~ [Dd] ]]
                then
                        \rm -f $file
                fi
        fi
done

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@farzanj

Thank you very much for all your support, and I will follow you, so I can ask you future questions - that are related to shell scripting. I have a few more questions to ask, over the space of the next few days, so I appreciate your input very much and will be in touch.

Many thanks.

I am glad to hear I was some help.  Looking forward to be helping you.

Best regards,