How to delete files with more than 1 line in a linux server? [closed]

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I have a large list of files exists inside a particular directory (with full path). I'm trying to delete files from this directory where the line count in the file is greater than 1 (2 or more).

How can it be done?

• user232326: More detail would be useful: What OS, which shell you use, one file or several?
• ctrl-alt-delor: Sorry I am struggling to understand your question. Can you amend question to explain: What you mean by "with full path"? and "where the line count in the file is greater than 1"? (is this the number of line of the filename? if so is it just one line but wrapping, or is it more than one line?
• Vlastimil Burián: I do not understand the question at all, voting to close.
• ajeh: Interestingly enough, I almost never have difficulties understanding these sort of questions, claimed by the powers-to-be. This question is perfectly clear.
• Wildcard: Possible duplicate of List (or move) only files with a certain number of lines?

Answer 1

You can use this. Before you execute it, you should first try with echo instead of rm.

for i in dir/*; do
 lines=$(wc -l "$i")
 if test $lines -gt 1; then
 rm "$i"
 fi
done

Answer 2

Try this,

find . -type f -maxdepth 1 -exec bash -c '[[ $(wc -l < "1ドル") -gt 1 ]] && rm "1ドル"' _ '{}' \;

• . -type f -maxdepth 1 to find files in the current directory
• $(wc -l < "1ドル") -gt 1 check if the line count of is greater than 1
• rm "1ドル"' _ ' remove files only in the current directory.

• ilkkachu: Hmm, I can't see how this would be limited to files in the current directory? You'd need -maxdepth 1 or some -type d -prune style trick

Answer 3

The awk solution:

wc -l /path/to/dir/* | head -n -1` | awk '1ドル>1 {print 2ドル}' | xargs rm

Notes:

• No support for special characters in that simple version
• Remember that wc -l doesn't count lines but occurrences of linefeeds. So a file with two lines (but without a LF on the second one) will be reported has having "1" line.

• user294648: as per OP, 1ドル should be greater then 1
• xenoid: Oops. Fixed. Thx.