Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:13:21 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: deleting with wildcards over ssh ... how ? Message-ID: <20060830111321.037c293e.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0608301059480.31959-100000@shell.dhp.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0608301059480.31959-100000@shell.dhp.com>
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In response to Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com>: > > I want to delete some remote files with a wildcard, running 'rm' over ssh. > > The obvious syntax doesn't work at all - it doesn't even make an ssh > connection - I think it is interpreting the wildcard locally: > > # ssh user@host rm -rf /some/testdir/* > ssh: No match. > > Then, these combinations of single and double quotes: > > ssh user@host 'rm -rf /some/testdir/*' > > ssh user@host rm -rf '/some/testdir/*' > > ssh user@host 'rm -rf "/some/testdir/*"' > > All connect over ssh, and produce no errors, but the remote files are > still there - nothing was deleted. > > So what is the _right_ way to do this ? Most of those should work. What are the names of the files you are trying to delete? By default, * does not match filenames beginning with a '.'. The best command line would be: ssh user@host 'rm -rf /some/testdir/*' which will cause the local machine to send the command without expanding the * first. The * should then be expanded on the remote system. Try: ssh user@host 'echo /some/testdir/*' to see if it's doing what you expect. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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