delete files in a file

[Brian Lee_4]

I would like to delete all of files in a file.
for example, index.home file contains the list of files that fbackup writes to DDS tape.
I want to delete files whose format is "dbf" in index.home after fbackup is done.

please help

[Steven E. Protter]

while read -r $aa
do
rm $aa
done < index.html

SEP

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

I am going to assume that you mean all files in the list that end with 'dbf':

grep -E 'dbf$' < index_file | while read X
do
echo "File: ${X}"
# rm -f ${X}
done

After you get your pattern exactly like you want it, uncomment the rm.

[Leslie Chaim]

TIMTOWTDI:

To check:
perl -nle '/dbf$/ and print' index_file

To Execute:
perl -nle '/dbf$/ and unlink' index_file