How to delete file elements by file extension in ClearCase?

Question

I have tons of xxx.cmd files that sit in multiple folders (e.g. child1, child2, child3, etc), they have a parent folder <

Answer 1

I had the same need today and was not very happy with the proposition of using clearfsimport because of the need to make a local copy. This what I have done in a bash environment (msys under windows for me):

1. List all files to delete using find:
   find parent -name "*.cmd" | tee to_remove_list.txt
2. Extract a list of folders:
   sort to_remove_list.txt | xargs -i dirname {} | uniq | tee to_checkout.txt
3. Check-out all those folders:
   cat to_checkout.txt | xargs -i cleartool co -nc {}
4. Remove the files:
   cat to_remove_list.txt | xargs -i cleartool rm {}
5. Check-in all folders:
   cat to_checkout.txt | xargs -i cleartool ci -nc {}
6. (Optional) clean-up the folders and file lists:
   rm to_remove_list.txt to_checkout.txt