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A script for Removing all the files inside a folder and its sub folder
This is a discussion on A script for Removing all the files inside a folder and its sub folder within the Shell scripting forums, part of the Development/Scripting category; Hi I would like to do this on my account /home/user /home/user/www/folder /home/user/www/folder/a /home/user/www/folder/b /home/user/www/folder/c Files /home/user/www/folder/a/1.zip /home/user/www/folder/b/2.tar /home/user/www/folder/c/4.mp3 I ...
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25-10-2007, 12:51 PM
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A script for Removing all the files inside a folder and its sub folder
Hi
I would like to do this on my account /home/user /home/user/www/folder /home/user/www/folder/a /home/user/www/folder/b /home/user/www/folder/c Files /home/user/www/folder/a/1.zip /home/user/www/folder/b/2.tar /home/user/www/folder/c/4.mp3 I would like to remove all the files inside /home/user/www/folder/ But the directory must be there... The command Code:
rm -rf How do I remove only files? Thank you. 
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25-10-2007, 01:44 PM
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You don't need a script...try something as follows to list files
Code:
find . -type f -exec ls -l {} \;
Code:
find . -type f -exec /bin/rm -f {} \;
Code:
find /path/to/delete -type f -exec /bin/rm -f {} \;
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