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OA47

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Posted: 02:58am 09 Apr 2022

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If I can use FILES "*.LOG" and get a list of all the .LOG files. Why cant I use the wildcard to delete the files like KILL "*.LOG" ?

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Posted: 03:54am 09 Apr 2022

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PERHAPS a safety thing.

If you were to accidentally use wildcards with KILL, you could delete a whole heap of files by mistake, and there is no recycle bin.

Just a guess.
It may in fact be meant to work, so it might be a bug for all I know.

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Turbo46

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Posted: 06:00am 09 Apr 2022

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Regarding KILL: see this post.

Bill

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OA47

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Posted: 06:15am 09 Apr 2022

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Thanks Bill, looks like the work around to delete 50 odd redundant .log files is by using the PC and not the mite.

OA47
Edited 2022-04-09 16:16 by OA47

Volhout
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Posted: 02:40pm 09 Apr 2022

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Linux simply does what you are telling it, without the nagging "are you sure".
rm *.*

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Edited 2022-04-10 00:41 by Volhout

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