Deleting a file if file size exceeds a threshold size

[Tunga Kantarci]

I want to delete a dta file if its size is less than x kilobytes. I use the code below. The dta file in question is not less than x kilobytes but Stata still deletes it. Where am I going wrong?

checksum "data101201.dta"
rm "data101201.dta" if r(filelen) < x
return list

[Andrew Musau]

checksum "data101201.dta"
if r(filelen) < x{
    rm "data101201.dta"
}

should do what you want.

[Tunga Kantarci]

It does. I should not have assumed that rm accepts the if condition. Thanks!