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for i in `cat input.txt`;
do
     rm -f $i
done

for i in `cat input.txt`; do rm -f $i done

...Something like that should do it. Basically, it should count each line as an item, and the $i variable is going to be the name of the file on that line. I added the -f command because I don't want it to ask me "are you sure?" every time, like some distros make bash do. If you're not as brave, then you can omit the -f on the rm command.

input.txt is a file that contains filenames that have been piped into it from an external program.

for example...

input.txt has the following in it
filename1.txt
filename2.txt
filename3.txt

I would like to perform an 'rm' command on the filenames contained in input.txt

So instead of potential hours of work deleting each individual filename contained in input.txt, I would like to automate this task by a simple bash script or using another program like awk.

I have toyed with using the 'exec' command in bash and contemplated that there must be an easier way using awk or another such program.

anybody got a quick one or two liner that would demonstrate to me how I would accomplish this?