Shell Script To Delete Files In The First Directory Which Are Similarly Named In The Second Directory

A shell script to compare files in two directory and delete files in the first directory which are similarly named in the second directory. Following script uses for loop to compare files in a each directory.

#!/bin/bash


# Write a shell script that accepts two directory names as arguments and 


# deletes those files in the first directory which are similarly named in


# the second directory. 


SRC="$1"


DST="$2"


if [ $# -ne 2 ]


then


        echo "$(basename $0) dir1 dir2"


        exit 1


fi


 


if [ ! -d $SRC ]


then


        echo "Directory $SRC does not exists!"


        exit 2


fi


 


 


if [ ! -d $DST ]


then


        echo "Directory $DST does not exists!"


        exit 2


fi


 


for f in $DST/*


do


#echo Processing $f


        if [ -f $f ]


        then


                tFile="$SRC/$(basename $f)"


                if [ -f $tFile ]


                then


                        echo -n "Deleting $tFile..."


                        /bin/rm $tFile


                        [ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "done" || echo "failed"


 


                fi


        fi


done