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I need a Bash Script to delete every second file in a directory

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asked 2023-04-24 22:08:53 +0000

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answered 2023-04-24 22:09:40 +0000

qstack
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updated 2023-04-25 10:52:34 +0000

The following script does the job:

#!/bin/bash
counter=0
for file in *
do
   # Do not delete the script itslef
   if [[ "$(basename -- "$0")" == "$file" ]]; then
      echo "\$file is the filename of the current script."
      continue
   fi
  ((counter++))
  if (( $counter % 2 == 0 ))
  then
    rm "$file"
  fi
done

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