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Delete all *.jpg in folder

How do I delete files within a temp folder at only have the .jpg extension.

Here is what I tried;

unlink("../httpdocs/Temp/*.jpg);
Solution

  • You need to apply the glob function to the pattern, for example:

    unlink glob "../httpdocs/Temp/*.jpg";

    This is covered in the unlink and glob docs. Unlink itself expects a list of files to process. The glob function will, to quote the docs:

    In list context, returns a (possibly empty) list of filename expansions on the value of EXPR such as the standard Unix shell /bin/csh would do.