bash - How to remove files using grep and rm? -

grep -n magenta *| rm *

grep: a.txt: no such file or directory

grep: b: no such file or directory

above command removes files present in directory except ., .. . should remove files contains word "magenta"

also, tried grep magenta * -exec rm '{}' \; no luck. idea?

use xargs:

grep -l --null magenta ./* | xargs -0 rm

the purpose of xargs take input on stdin , place on command line of argument.

what options do:

the -l option tells grep produce filenames without matching text.
the --null option tells grep separate filenames nul characters. allows manor of filename handled safely.
the -0 option xargs treat input nul-separated.

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