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Write shell script that takes a file name as an argument and deletes this file from every directory above the pwd

Posted By: Raimundo Fischer     Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu     Views: 5192

Write shell script that takes a file name as an argument and deletes this file from every directory above the pwd.

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if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
        echo "pass the file name"
        exit
fi
fl=$1
ch=1
h=/home

while [ $ch -eq 1 ]
do
        cd ..
        p=`pwd`
        echo "$p/$fl"
        rm `echo "$p/$fl"` 2> /dev/nullif [ $p = $h ]
        then
                ch=0
        fi
done

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OUTPUT:
[mca264@gama shellscript]$ sh 35.sh file1
/home/symca/mca264/file1
/home/symca/file1
/home/file1
  
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