[olug] Unix Tip: REMOVING CORES CONDITIONALLY

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			Unix Tip 2028 - July 21, 2003

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REMOVING CORES CONDITIONALLY

To find and remove core files 
conditionally: 

PROMPT> find ~ -name core -exec file {} \; -exec rm -i {} \; 

The File will show which 
executable the core file is 
for and the -i option to rm 
will allow you to choose 
weather to delete it or not.

################# EXAMPLE ###############################
PROMPT>  find ~ -name core -exec file {} \; -exec rm -i {} \;
/my/home/core: ELF 32-bit LSB core file of 'netscape-commun'
(signal 3), Intel 8
rm: remove `/my/home/core'? y




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