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Program to remove files matching a name in a directory

    
/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002.
 * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
 * $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS''
 * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
 * BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
 * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
 * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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 * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 * 
 * Java, the Duke mascot, and all variants of Sun's Java "steaming coffee
 * cup" logo are trademarks of Sun Microsystems. Sun's, and James Gosling's,
 * pioneering role in inventing and promulgating (and standardizing) the Java 
 * language and environment is gratefully acknowledged.
 * 
 * The pioneering role of Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup, of AT&T, for
 * inventing predecessor languages C and C++ is also gratefully acknowledged.
 */

import java.io.File;

/**
 * DANGEROUS Program to remove files matching a name in a directory
 * 
 * @author Ian Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/
 */
public class KillFilesByName {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {
    if (argv.length != 2) {
      System.err.println("usage: KillFilesByName dirname pattern");
      System.exit(1);
    }

    File dir = new File(argv[0]);
    if (!dir.exists()) {
      System.out.println(argv[0] + " does not exist");
      return;
    }
    String patt = argv[1];

    String[] info = dir.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < info.length; i++) {
      File n = new File(argv[0] + dir.separator + info[i]);
      if (!n.isFile()) { // skip ., .., other directories, etc.
        continue;
      }
      if (info[i].indexOf(patt) == -1) { // name doesn't match
        continue;
      }
      System.out.println("removing " + n.getPath());
      if (!n.delete())
        System.err.println("Couldn't remove " + n.getPath());
    }
  }
}


           
         
    
    
    
  

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