import java.io.*;
/**
* 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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