I have file names in a file which I need to delete in a different directory.
Let's say I have x
and y
files in dir a
. How do I delete it using cat?
I tried,
rm -f a/{`cat a.txt`}
a.txt
has contents x,y,z
.
If they are in the same folder, I can put x y z
in a.txt
and run,
rm -f `cat a.txt`
which works fine.
I have also tried,
rm -f "a/{"`cat a.txt`"}"
This command will go in a dockerfile so I prefer not to use any variables too.
I do not want to put a/x a/y a/z
in the file which can be an option, as it is fixed that a
will only contain the files. But a
should be changed only in the dockerfile. Thanks for all suggestions in advance :)