Using grep to remove specific objects in GCS with gsutil -rm

Question

I have a bucket with many objects, and I can successfully use grep to take the specific objects and output them into a text file. I want to use gsutil -rm and read the text file line by line and remove the corresponding object in gcs, but how can I go about doing this?

Or is there a way to directly remove objects from GCS using gsutil -rm and grep? Thanks!

Show sample input and your desired output for that sample input. — Cyrus
– Cyrus, Commented Aug 12, 2015 at 19:05
So let's say I have objects named hello.jar, hello2.jar, hello3.jar in a bucket. I'd want to do something like gsutil rm gs://my_buck | grep hello. — user3390790
– user3390790, Commented Aug 12, 2015 at 20:12
Please read stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask and rewrite your question — glenn jackman
– glenn jackman, Commented Aug 13, 2015 at 0:18

Mike Schwartz · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-12 20:09:32Z

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Assuming you output the list of objects to remove to the file remove.txt, you could use this command to remove the named objects:

gsutil -m rm -I < remove.txt

answered Aug 12, 2015 at 20:09

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user3390790 Over a year ago

Thanks! I didn't see this as an option on the documentation for gsutil rm, but good to know =)

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