How to delete files with more than 1 line in a linux server? [closed]

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I have a large list of files exists inside a particular directory (with full path). I'm trying to delete files from this directory where the line count in the file is greater than 1 (2 or more).



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    Sorry I am struggling to understand your question. Can you amend question to explain: What you mean by “with full path”? and “where the line count in the file is greater than 1”? (is this the number of line of the filename? if so is it just one line but wrapping, or is it more than one line?
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    Possible duplicate of List (or move) only files with a certain number of lines?
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I have a large list of files exists inside a particular directory (with full path). I'm trying to delete files from this directory where the line count in the file is greater than 1 (2 or more).



How can it be done?






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closed as unclear what you're asking by Vlastimil, schily, dr01, msp9011, Wildcard Aug 15 at 23:31


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    More detail would be useful: What OS, which shell you use, one file or several?
    – Isaac
    Aug 15 at 8:10






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    Sorry I am struggling to understand your question. Can you amend question to explain: What you mean by “with full path”? and “where the line count in the file is greater than 1”? (is this the number of line of the filename? if so is it just one line but wrapping, or is it more than one line?
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Aug 15 at 9:48










  • I do not understand the question at all, voting to close.
    – Vlastimil
    Aug 15 at 11:26










  • Interestingly enough, I almost never have difficulties understanding these sort of questions, claimed by the powers-to-be. This question is perfectly clear.
    – ajeh
    Aug 15 at 21:31






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    Possible duplicate of List (or move) only files with a certain number of lines?
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    Aug 15 at 23:31












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I have a large list of files exists inside a particular directory (with full path). I'm trying to delete files from this directory where the line count in the file is greater than 1 (2 or more).



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I have a large list of files exists inside a particular directory (with full path). I'm trying to delete files from this directory where the line count in the file is greater than 1 (2 or more).



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    More detail would be useful: What OS, which shell you use, one file or several?
    – Isaac
    Aug 15 at 8:10






  • 1




    Sorry I am struggling to understand your question. Can you amend question to explain: What you mean by “with full path”? and “where the line count in the file is greater than 1”? (is this the number of line of the filename? if so is it just one line but wrapping, or is it more than one line?
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Aug 15 at 9:48










  • I do not understand the question at all, voting to close.
    – Vlastimil
    Aug 15 at 11:26










  • Interestingly enough, I almost never have difficulties understanding these sort of questions, claimed by the powers-to-be. This question is perfectly clear.
    – ajeh
    Aug 15 at 21:31






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    Possible duplicate of List (or move) only files with a certain number of lines?
    – Wildcard
    Aug 15 at 23:31












  • 2




    More detail would be useful: What OS, which shell you use, one file or several?
    – Isaac
    Aug 15 at 8:10






  • 1




    Sorry I am struggling to understand your question. Can you amend question to explain: What you mean by “with full path”? and “where the line count in the file is greater than 1”? (is this the number of line of the filename? if so is it just one line but wrapping, or is it more than one line?
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Aug 15 at 9:48










  • I do not understand the question at all, voting to close.
    – Vlastimil
    Aug 15 at 11:26










  • Interestingly enough, I almost never have difficulties understanding these sort of questions, claimed by the powers-to-be. This question is perfectly clear.
    – ajeh
    Aug 15 at 21:31






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    Possible duplicate of List (or move) only files with a certain number of lines?
    – Wildcard
    Aug 15 at 23:31







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More detail would be useful: What OS, which shell you use, one file or several?
– Isaac
Aug 15 at 8:10




More detail would be useful: What OS, which shell you use, one file or several?
– Isaac
Aug 15 at 8:10




1




1




Sorry I am struggling to understand your question. Can you amend question to explain: What you mean by “with full path”? and “where the line count in the file is greater than 1”? (is this the number of line of the filename? if so is it just one line but wrapping, or is it more than one line?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Aug 15 at 9:48




Sorry I am struggling to understand your question. Can you amend question to explain: What you mean by “with full path”? and “where the line count in the file is greater than 1”? (is this the number of line of the filename? if so is it just one line but wrapping, or is it more than one line?
– ctrl-alt-delor
Aug 15 at 9:48












I do not understand the question at all, voting to close.
– Vlastimil
Aug 15 at 11:26




I do not understand the question at all, voting to close.
– Vlastimil
Aug 15 at 11:26












Interestingly enough, I almost never have difficulties understanding these sort of questions, claimed by the powers-to-be. This question is perfectly clear.
– ajeh
Aug 15 at 21:31




Interestingly enough, I almost never have difficulties understanding these sort of questions, claimed by the powers-to-be. This question is perfectly clear.
– ajeh
Aug 15 at 21:31




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Possible duplicate of List (or move) only files with a certain number of lines?
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Possible duplicate of List (or move) only files with a certain number of lines?
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You can use this. Before you execute it, you should first try with echo instead of rm.



for i in dir/*; do
 lines=$(wc -l "$i")
 if test $lines -gt 1; then
 rm "$i"
 fi
done





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    Try this,



    find . -type f -maxdepth 1 -exec bash -c '[[ $(wc -l < "$1") -gt 1 ]] && rm "$1"' _ '' ;



    • . -type f -maxdepth 1 to find files in the current directory


    • $(wc -l < "$1") -gt 1 check if the line count of is greater than 1


    • rm "$1"' _ ' remove files only in the current directory.





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    • Hmm, I can't see how this would be limited to files in the current directory? You'd need -maxdepth 1 or some -type d -prune style trick
      – ilkkachu
      Aug 15 at 9:16

















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    The awk solution:



    wc -l /path/to/dir/* | head -n -1` | awk '$1>1 print $2' | xargs rm


    Notes:



    • No support for special characters in that simple version

    • Remember that wc -l doesn't count lines but occurrences of linefeeds. So a file with two lines (but without a LF on the second one) will be reported has having "1" line.





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    • as per OP, $1 should be greater then 1
      – user294648
      Aug 15 at 17:56










    • Oops. Fixed. Thx.
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      Aug 15 at 21:09

















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    You can use this. Before you execute it, you should first try with echo instead of rm.



    for i in dir/*; do
     lines=$(wc -l "$i")
     if test $lines -gt 1; then
     rm "$i"
     fi
    done





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      up vote
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      You can use this. Before you execute it, you should first try with echo instead of rm.



      for i in dir/*; do
       lines=$(wc -l "$i")
       if test $lines -gt 1; then
       rm "$i"
       fi
      done





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        up vote
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        up vote
        2
        down vote









        You can use this. Before you execute it, you should first try with echo instead of rm.



        for i in dir/*; do
         lines=$(wc -l "$i")
         if test $lines -gt 1; then
         rm "$i"
         fi
        done





        share|improve this answer














        You can use this. Before you execute it, you should first try with echo instead of rm.



        for i in dir/*; do
         lines=$(wc -l "$i")
         if test $lines -gt 1; then
         rm "$i"
         fi
        done






        share|improve this answer














        share|improve this answer



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        edited Aug 15 at 9:13









        ilkkachu

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        answered Aug 15 at 7:56









        RalfFriedl

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            down vote













            Try this,



            find . -type f -maxdepth 1 -exec bash -c '[[ $(wc -l < "$1") -gt 1 ]] && rm "$1"' _ '' ;



            • . -type f -maxdepth 1 to find files in the current directory


            • $(wc -l < "$1") -gt 1 check if the line count of is greater than 1


            • rm "$1"' _ ' remove files only in the current directory.





            share|improve this answer






















            • Hmm, I can't see how this would be limited to files in the current directory? You'd need -maxdepth 1 or some -type d -prune style trick
              – ilkkachu
              Aug 15 at 9:16














            up vote
            1
            down vote













            Try this,



            find . -type f -maxdepth 1 -exec bash -c '[[ $(wc -l < "$1") -gt 1 ]] && rm "$1"' _ '' ;



            • . -type f -maxdepth 1 to find files in the current directory


            • $(wc -l < "$1") -gt 1 check if the line count of is greater than 1


            • rm "$1"' _ ' remove files only in the current directory.





            share|improve this answer






















            • Hmm, I can't see how this would be limited to files in the current directory? You'd need -maxdepth 1 or some -type d -prune style trick
              – ilkkachu
              Aug 15 at 9:16












            up vote
            1
            down vote










            up vote
            1
            down vote









            Try this,



            find . -type f -maxdepth 1 -exec bash -c '[[ $(wc -l < "$1") -gt 1 ]] && rm "$1"' _ '' ;



            • . -type f -maxdepth 1 to find files in the current directory


            • $(wc -l < "$1") -gt 1 check if the line count of is greater than 1


            • rm "$1"' _ ' remove files only in the current directory.





            share|improve this answer














            Try this,



            find . -type f -maxdepth 1 -exec bash -c '[[ $(wc -l < "$1") -gt 1 ]] && rm "$1"' _ '' ;



            • . -type f -maxdepth 1 to find files in the current directory


            • $(wc -l < "$1") -gt 1 check if the line count of is greater than 1


            • rm "$1"' _ ' remove files only in the current directory.






            share|improve this answer














            share|improve this answer



            share|improve this answer








            edited Aug 15 at 10:00

























            answered Aug 15 at 7:58









            msp9011

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            3,46643862











            • Hmm, I can't see how this would be limited to files in the current directory? You'd need -maxdepth 1 or some -type d -prune style trick
              – ilkkachu
              Aug 15 at 9:16
















            • Hmm, I can't see how this would be limited to files in the current directory? You'd need -maxdepth 1 or some -type d -prune style trick
              – ilkkachu
              Aug 15 at 9:16















            Hmm, I can't see how this would be limited to files in the current directory? You'd need -maxdepth 1 or some -type d -prune style trick
            – ilkkachu
            Aug 15 at 9:16




            Hmm, I can't see how this would be limited to files in the current directory? You'd need -maxdepth 1 or some -type d -prune style trick
            – ilkkachu
            Aug 15 at 9:16










            up vote
            1
            down vote













            The awk solution:



            wc -l /path/to/dir/* | head -n -1` | awk '$1>1 print $2' | xargs rm


            Notes:



            • No support for special characters in that simple version

            • Remember that wc -l doesn't count lines but occurrences of linefeeds. So a file with two lines (but without a LF on the second one) will be reported has having "1" line.





            share|improve this answer






















            • as per OP, $1 should be greater then 1
              – user294648
              Aug 15 at 17:56










            • Oops. Fixed. Thx.
              – xenoid
              Aug 15 at 21:09














            up vote
            1
            down vote













            The awk solution:



            wc -l /path/to/dir/* | head -n -1` | awk '$1>1 print $2' | xargs rm


            Notes:



            • No support for special characters in that simple version

            • Remember that wc -l doesn't count lines but occurrences of linefeeds. So a file with two lines (but without a LF on the second one) will be reported has having "1" line.





            share|improve this answer






















            • as per OP, $1 should be greater then 1
              – user294648
              Aug 15 at 17:56










            • Oops. Fixed. Thx.
              – xenoid
              Aug 15 at 21:09












            up vote
            1
            down vote










            up vote
            1
            down vote









            The awk solution:



            wc -l /path/to/dir/* | head -n -1` | awk '$1>1 print $2' | xargs rm


            Notes:



            • No support for special characters in that simple version

            • Remember that wc -l doesn't count lines but occurrences of linefeeds. So a file with two lines (but without a LF on the second one) will be reported has having "1" line.





            share|improve this answer














            The awk solution:



            wc -l /path/to/dir/* | head -n -1` | awk '$1>1 print $2' | xargs rm


            Notes:



            • No support for special characters in that simple version

            • Remember that wc -l doesn't count lines but occurrences of linefeeds. So a file with two lines (but without a LF on the second one) will be reported has having "1" line.






            share|improve this answer














            share|improve this answer



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            edited Aug 15 at 21:08

























            answered Aug 15 at 10:48









            xenoid

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            • as per OP, $1 should be greater then 1
              – user294648
              Aug 15 at 17:56










            • Oops. Fixed. Thx.
              – xenoid
              Aug 15 at 21:09
















            • as per OP, $1 should be greater then 1
              – user294648
              Aug 15 at 17:56










            • Oops. Fixed. Thx.
              – xenoid
              Aug 15 at 21:09















            as per OP, $1 should be greater then 1
            – user294648
            Aug 15 at 17:56




            as per OP, $1 should be greater then 1
            – user294648
            Aug 15 at 17:56












            Oops. Fixed. Thx.
            – xenoid
            Aug 15 at 21:09




            Oops. Fixed. Thx.
            – xenoid
            Aug 15 at 21:09


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