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I have an issue when I am finding files in users directory and deleting them, but I am getting below error "No such file or directory" when there are no files. Can anyone suggest me how to avoid this error?
[root@server1 ~]# find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf
find: ‘/home//’: No such file or directory
shell find xargs
edited Nov 20 '18 at 13:14
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I have an issue when I am finding files in users directory and deleting them, but I am getting below error "No such file or directory" when there are no files. Can anyone suggest me how to avoid this error?
[root@server1 ~]# find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf
find: ‘/home//’: No such file or directory
shell find xargs
edited Nov 20 '18 at 13:14
RavinderSingh13
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asked Nov 20 '18 at 13:13
MAKMAK
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I have an issue when I am finding files in users directory and deleting them, but I am getting below error "No such file or directory" when there are no files. Can anyone suggest me how to avoid this error?
[root@server1 ~]# find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf
find: ‘/home//’: No such file or directory
shell find xargs
edited Nov 20 '18 at 13:14
RavinderSingh13
26.7k41438
asked Nov 20 '18 at 13:13
MAKMAK
1083
I have an issue when I am finding files in users directory and deleting them, but I am getting below error "No such file or directory" when there are no files. Can anyone suggest me how to avoid this error?
[root@server1 ~]# find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf
find: ‘/home//’: No such file or directory
shell find xargs
shell find xargs
edited Nov 20 '18 at 13:14
RavinderSingh13
26.7k41438
asked Nov 20 '18 at 13:13
MAKMAK
1083
edited Nov 20 '18 at 13:14
RavinderSingh13
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asked Nov 20 '18 at 13:13
MAKMAK
1083
edited Nov 20 '18 at 13:14
RavinderSingh13
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edited Nov 20 '18 at 13:14
RavinderSingh13
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edited Nov 20 '18 at 13:14
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Don't do that. ext2 may contain any character other than and / for file names! Think about what would happen, if a user names a file
"hi etc"
Here, rm -rf would receive etc as second argument, so if your script is executed in /, you'd delete your /etc directory. There are options to safely handle file names with spaces, but some of these would fail if the file contains newlines - which of course is equally possible:
"hi
etc"
find has an option to delete files (-delete), try to use this. This would also solve your original problem. If that's not possible, read documentation about find -print0 and xargs -0.
answered Nov 20 '18 at 15:16
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When there are no file, your find search returns "No such file or directory", because when there are no file, the directory structure you describe does not exist. The error is then passed to rm with "xargs".
find /home/ -name * | xargs rm -rf
should get you the result you're waiting without the warning, as find does not try to build a path that does not exist.
edited Nov 20 '18 at 17:41
pushkin
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answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:59
FadilaFadila
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Yes. I can remove the files/directories successfully but still the error is there that no such file or directory when I executed them again. How can I avoid this error? [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:09
Well, I'm not sure what you are trying to do, but working with rm directly seems a good idea to me. Why do you need this "find" before ? You could do something like "rm -rf /home/*", or do you want to only delete files ?
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:11
I am trying to run a weekly cron job where it should delete the user's directories/files in the /home/*/*. I should not get an error if there are no files found.
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:14
Well, if you want to delete all files of all users, "rm -rf /home/*" should be a suiting solution. You don't need the find command.
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:19
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Don't do that. ext2 may contain any character other than and / for file names! Think about what would happen, if a user names a file
"hi etc"
Here, rm -rf would receive etc as second argument, so if your script is executed in /, you'd delete your /etc directory. There are options to safely handle file names with spaces, but some of these would fail if the file contains newlines - which of course is equally possible:
"hi
etc"
find has an option to delete files (-delete), try to use this. This would also solve your original problem. If that's not possible, read documentation about find -print0 and xargs -0.
answered Nov 20 '18 at 15:16
steffensteffen
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Don't do that. ext2 may contain any character other than and / for file names! Think about what would happen, if a user names a file
"hi etc"
Here, rm -rf would receive etc as second argument, so if your script is executed in /, you'd delete your /etc directory. There are options to safely handle file names with spaces, but some of these would fail if the file contains newlines - which of course is equally possible:
"hi
etc"
find has an option to delete files (-delete), try to use this. This would also solve your original problem. If that's not possible, read documentation about find -print0 and xargs -0.
answered Nov 20 '18 at 15:16
steffensteffen
9,33022355
add a comment |
Don't do that. ext2 may contain any character other than and / for file names! Think about what would happen, if a user names a file
"hi etc"
Here, rm -rf would receive etc as second argument, so if your script is executed in /, you'd delete your /etc directory. There are options to safely handle file names with spaces, but some of these would fail if the file contains newlines - which of course is equally possible:
"hi
etc"
find has an option to delete files (-delete), try to use this. This would also solve your original problem. If that's not possible, read documentation about find -print0 and xargs -0.
answered Nov 20 '18 at 15:16
steffensteffen
9,33022355
Don't do that. ext2 may contain any character other than and / for file names! Think about what would happen, if a user names a file
"hi etc"
Here, rm -rf would receive etc as second argument, so if your script is executed in /, you'd delete your /etc directory. There are options to safely handle file names with spaces, but some of these would fail if the file contains newlines - which of course is equally possible:
"hi
etc"
find has an option to delete files (-delete), try to use this. This would also solve your original problem. If that's not possible, read documentation about find -print0 and xargs -0.
answered Nov 20 '18 at 15:16
steffensteffen
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answered Nov 20 '18 at 15:16
steffensteffen
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answered Nov 20 '18 at 15:16
steffensteffen
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When there are no file, your find search returns "No such file or directory", because when there are no file, the directory structure you describe does not exist. The error is then passed to rm with "xargs".
find /home/ -name * | xargs rm -rf
should get you the result you're waiting without the warning, as find does not try to build a path that does not exist.
edited Nov 20 '18 at 17:41
pushkin
3,980112751
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:59
FadilaFadila
11
Yes. I can remove the files/directories successfully but still the error is there that no such file or directory when I executed them again. How can I avoid this error? [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:09
Well, I'm not sure what you are trying to do, but working with rm directly seems a good idea to me. Why do you need this "find" before ? You could do something like "rm -rf /home/*", or do you want to only delete files ?
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:11
I am trying to run a weekly cron job where it should delete the user's directories/files in the /home/*/*. I should not get an error if there are no files found.
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:14
Well, if you want to delete all files of all users, "rm -rf /home/*" should be a suiting solution. You don't need the find command.
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:19
add a comment |
When there are no file, your find search returns "No such file or directory", because when there are no file, the directory structure you describe does not exist. The error is then passed to rm with "xargs".
find /home/ -name * | xargs rm -rf
should get you the result you're waiting without the warning, as find does not try to build a path that does not exist.
edited Nov 20 '18 at 17:41
pushkin
3,980112751
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:59
FadilaFadila
11
Yes. I can remove the files/directories successfully but still the error is there that no such file or directory when I executed them again. How can I avoid this error? [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:09
Well, I'm not sure what you are trying to do, but working with rm directly seems a good idea to me. Why do you need this "find" before ? You could do something like "rm -rf /home/*", or do you want to only delete files ?
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:11
I am trying to run a weekly cron job where it should delete the user's directories/files in the /home/*/*. I should not get an error if there are no files found.
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:14
Well, if you want to delete all files of all users, "rm -rf /home/*" should be a suiting solution. You don't need the find command.
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:19
add a comment |
When there are no file, your find search returns "No such file or directory", because when there are no file, the directory structure you describe does not exist. The error is then passed to rm with "xargs".
find /home/ -name * | xargs rm -rf
should get you the result you're waiting without the warning, as find does not try to build a path that does not exist.
edited Nov 20 '18 at 17:41
pushkin
3,980112751
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:59
FadilaFadila
11
When there are no file, your find search returns "No such file or directory", because when there are no file, the directory structure you describe does not exist. The error is then passed to rm with "xargs".
find /home/ -name * | xargs rm -rf
should get you the result you're waiting without the warning, as find does not try to build a path that does not exist.
edited Nov 20 '18 at 17:41
pushkin
3,980112751
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:59
FadilaFadila
11
edited Nov 20 '18 at 17:41
pushkin
3,980112751
edited Nov 20 '18 at 17:41
pushkin
3,980112751
edited Nov 20 '18 at 17:41
pushkin
3,980112751
3,980112751
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:59
FadilaFadila
11
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:59
FadilaFadila
11
answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:59
FadilaFadila
11
11
Yes. I can remove the files/directories successfully but still the error is there that no such file or directory when I executed them again. How can I avoid this error? [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:09
Well, I'm not sure what you are trying to do, but working with rm directly seems a good idea to me. Why do you need this "find" before ? You could do something like "rm -rf /home/*", or do you want to only delete files ?
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:11
I am trying to run a weekly cron job where it should delete the user's directories/files in the /home/*/*. I should not get an error if there are no files found.
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:14
Well, if you want to delete all files of all users, "rm -rf /home/*" should be a suiting solution. You don't need the find command.
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:19
add a comment |
Yes. I can remove the files/directories successfully but still the error is there that no such file or directory when I executed them again. How can I avoid this error? [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:09
Well, I'm not sure what you are trying to do, but working with rm directly seems a good idea to me. Why do you need this "find" before ? You could do something like "rm -rf /home/*", or do you want to only delete files ?
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:11
I am trying to run a weekly cron job where it should delete the user's directories/files in the /home/*/*. I should not get an error if there are no files found.
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:14
Well, if you want to delete all files of all users, "rm -rf /home/*" should be a suiting solution. You don't need the find command.
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:19
Yes. I can remove the files/directories successfully but still the error is there that no such file or directory when I executed them again. How can I avoid this error? [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:09
Yes. I can remove the files/directories successfully but still the error is there that no such file or directory when I executed them again. How can I avoid this error? [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory [mak@node1 testscripts]$ find /home/*/* -name * | xargs rm -rf find: ‘/home/*/*’: No such file or directory
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:09
Well, I'm not sure what you are trying to do, but working with rm directly seems a good idea to me. Why do you need this "find" before ? You could do something like "rm -rf /home/*", or do you want to only delete files ?
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:11
Well, I'm not sure what you are trying to do, but working with rm directly seems a good idea to me. Why do you need this "find" before ? You could do something like "rm -rf /home/*", or do you want to only delete files ?
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:11
I am trying to run a weekly cron job where it should delete the user's directories/files in the /home/*/*. I should not get an error if there are no files found.
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:14
I am trying to run a weekly cron job where it should delete the user's directories/files in the /home/*/*. I should not get an error if there are no files found.
– MAK
Nov 20 '18 at 14:14
Well, if you want to delete all files of all users, "rm -rf /home/*" should be a suiting solution. You don't need the find command.
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:19
Well, if you want to delete all files of all users, "rm -rf /home/*" should be a suiting solution. You don't need the find command.
– Fadila
Nov 20 '18 at 14:19
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