Thread: Bash one liner to rm files based on content

hi,

need either 1 liner or bash script recursively search folder/sub folders binary files (windows .lnk files) containing specific text string. if finds match must delete file.

after googling number of hours i've come accross below 1 liner.

why not work?

code:

find . -name '*.lnk' -print0 | xargs -0 grep -i "c:" | xargs -0 rm -f

posted john_spiral

hi,

need either 1 liner or bash script recursively search folder/sub folders binary files (windows .lnk files) containing specific text string. if finds match must delete file.

after googling number of hours i've come accross below 1 liner.

why not work?

code:

find . -name '*.lnk' -print0 | xargs -0 grep -i "c:" | xargs -0 rm -f

if run without last part, see why.

code:

find . -name '*.lnk' -print0 | xargs -0 grep -i "c:"

the output 'grep' not suitable input 'xargs'.

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