This one-liner will identify files containing a string, and then use some bash string manipulation to generate a wildcard for the pair of files sendmail creates for each message (dfn for message content, and Qfn for headers). This assumes you’re running it in the mail queue directory (\/var\/spool\/mqueue for example).<\/p>\n
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\nfor f in `grep -l -i viagra *`; do t=${f:10:6}; rm -f *${t}; done
\n<\/code><\/p>\n${f:10:6}<\/code> extracts the last 6 characters of the filename, then the rm<\/code> command prepends that with the wildcard.<\/p>\n
\n[root@mail mqueue]# grep -l -i cialis *
\ndfn7U8Rc3X020530
\ndfn7UD7BUh015512
\ndfn7VELCbV031687
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\n[root@mail mqueue]# ls -l | egrep \"020530|015512|031687\"
\n-rw------- 1 root smmsp 2062 Aug 30 01:27 dfn7U8Rc3X020530
\n-rw------- 1 root smmsp 2232 Aug 30 06:07 dfn7UD7BUh015512
\n-rw------- 1 root smmsp 2069 Aug 31 07:21 dfn7VELCbV031687
\n-rw------- 1 root smmsp 825 Aug 30 01:27 Qfn7U8Rc3X020530
\n-rw------- 1 root smmsp 837 Aug 30 06:07 Qfn7UD7BUh015512
\n-rw------- 1 root smmsp 810 Aug 31 07:21 Qfn7VELCbV031687
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\nfor f in `grep -l -i cialis *`; do t=${f:10:6}; rm -f *${t}; done
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\n[root@mail mqueue]# for f in `grep -l -i cialis *`; do t=${f:10:6}; rm -f *${t}; done
\n[root@mail mqueue]# grep -l -i cialis *
\n[root@mail mqueue]#
\n<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"