Delete files from command line using smb:// URL
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Solution 1
Linux or Windows or whatever?
Linux: smbclient … -c "rm $filename"
– but be aware of filenames with unusual characters: you may have to escape or quote $filename
.
Alternate solution: simply mount the filesystem(s), and access the files with the usual command-line tools.
Solution 2
In addition to Matthias Urlichs answer,
smbclient ... -c "del $filename"
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I have a file with a list of smb:// URLs, like this one:
smb://my_samba_host/data/need_to_be_removed.tgz smb://my_samba_another/data/need_to_be_removed2.tgz
I need a command line (something using xargs probably) that would allow me to remove all those files and I'm struggling to come up with one.