30 lines
707 B
Bash
30 lines
707 B
Bash
#!/bin/bash
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# "Delete", not-so-cunning file deletion utility.
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# Usage: delete filename
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E_BADARGS=65
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if [ -z "$1" ]
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then
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echo "Usage: `basename $0` filename"
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exit $E_BADARGS
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fi
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file=$1 # Set filename.
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[ ! -f "$1" ] && echo "File \"$1\" not found. \
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Cowardly refusing to delete a nonexistent file."
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# AND LIST, to give error message if file not present.
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# Note echo message continued on to a second line with an escape.
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[ ! -f "$1" ] || (rm -f $1; echo "File \"$file\" deleted.")
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# OR LIST, to delete file if present.
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# ( command1 ; command2 ) is, in effect, an AND LIST variant.
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# Note logic inversion above.
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# AND LIST executes on true, OR LIST on false.
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exit 0
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