CODEWITHSUNDEEP
linux
Learning Java
Learning Java

Reputation: 61

delete all but 10 newest files linux but I am facing No such file or directory exception

I am using the following command while I am sudoing the correct user;

ls -t1 /cs/wlsconfig/wls10.3.2/servers/cmt/logs | tail -n +10 | xargs rm -r

But I get the following exception while using this command;

rm: cannot remove `cmt.log00045': No such file or directory

Irrespective of the fact that running the following command does return results with a list of files;

ls -t1 /cs/wlsconfig/wls10.3.2/servers/cmt/logs | tail -n +10

Any leads would be appreciated !

Upvotes: 2

Views: 912

Answers (1)

scai
scai

Reputation: 21489

You need to prepend the path to your rm call or change into the directory first. Try this:

cd /cs/wlsconfig/wls10.3.2/servers/cmt/logs
ls -t1 | tail -n +10 | xargs rm -r

However this won't work with file names containing spaces. This is one of the reasons why it is a bad idea to parse the output of ls.

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Upvotes: 3

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