Find folders and delete contents
I want to find all folders that have a particular name and then delete all contents but not the folder...
This is to find the folder:
find /home/ -type d -name 'myname'
Now how to delete all contents?
command-line bash files delete find
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I want to find all folders that have a particular name and then delete all contents but not the folder...
This is to find the folder:
find /home/ -type d -name 'myname'
Now how to delete all contents?
command-line bash files delete find
edited Feb 20 at 19:13
FloT
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asked Feb 20 at 15:25
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I want to find all folders that have a particular name and then delete all contents but not the folder...
This is to find the folder:
find /home/ -type d -name 'myname'
Now how to delete all contents?
command-line bash files delete find
edited Feb 20 at 19:13
FloT
591117
asked Feb 20 at 15:25
FireFoxIIFireFoxII
1083
I want to find all folders that have a particular name and then delete all contents but not the folder...
This is to find the folder:
find /home/ -type d -name 'myname'
Now how to delete all contents?
command-line bash files delete find
command-line bash files delete find
edited Feb 20 at 19:13
FloT
591117
asked Feb 20 at 15:25
FireFoxIIFireFoxII
1083
edited Feb 20 at 19:13
FloT
591117
asked Feb 20 at 15:25
FireFoxIIFireFoxII
1083
edited Feb 20 at 19:13
FloT
591117
edited Feb 20 at 19:13
FloT
591117
edited Feb 20 at 19:13
FloT
591117
591117
asked Feb 20 at 15:25
FireFoxIIFireFoxII
1083
asked Feb 20 at 15:25
FireFoxIIFireFoxII
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asked Feb 20 at 15:25
FireFoxIIFireFoxII
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You can use the exec option to start a shell which gets the list of files to remove:
find /home/ -type d -name 'myname' -exec bash -c 'rm -i "$0"/*' {} +
This will ask you for every single file to remove which is always a good idea if you don’t want to lose data, but if you know what you’re doing you can remove the -i flag from the rm command.
answered Feb 20 at 16:01
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use cd to move to the directory (folder) containing the items you want to delete, and then use rm to delete contents. Refer to the manual entry for rm for more usage information: man rm
answered Feb 20 at 15:49
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You can use the exec option to start a shell which gets the list of files to remove:
find /home/ -type d -name 'myname' -exec bash -c 'rm -i "$0"/*' {} +
This will ask you for every single file to remove which is always a good idea if you don’t want to lose data, but if you know what you’re doing you can remove the -i flag from the rm command.
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You can use the exec option to start a shell which gets the list of files to remove:
find /home/ -type d -name 'myname' -exec bash -c 'rm -i "$0"/*' {} +
This will ask you for every single file to remove which is always a good idea if you don’t want to lose data, but if you know what you’re doing you can remove the -i flag from the rm command.
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You can use the exec option to start a shell which gets the list of files to remove:
find /home/ -type d -name 'myname' -exec bash -c 'rm -i "$0"/*' {} +
This will ask you for every single file to remove which is always a good idea if you don’t want to lose data, but if you know what you’re doing you can remove the -i flag from the rm command.
answered Feb 20 at 16:01
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You can use the exec option to start a shell which gets the list of files to remove:
find /home/ -type d -name 'myname' -exec bash -c 'rm -i "$0"/*' {} +
This will ask you for every single file to remove which is always a good idea if you don’t want to lose data, but if you know what you’re doing you can remove the -i flag from the rm command.
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use cd to move to the directory (folder) containing the items you want to delete, and then use rm to delete contents. Refer to the manual entry for rm for more usage information: man rm
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use cd to move to the directory (folder) containing the items you want to delete, and then use rm to delete contents. Refer to the manual entry for rm for more usage information: man rm
answered Feb 20 at 15:49
The MATE ManThe MATE Man
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use cd to move to the directory (folder) containing the items you want to delete, and then use rm to delete contents. Refer to the manual entry for rm for more usage information: man rm
answered Feb 20 at 15:49
The MATE ManThe MATE Man
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use cd to move to the directory (folder) containing the items you want to delete, and then use rm to delete contents. Refer to the manual entry for rm for more usage information: man rm
answered Feb 20 at 15:49
The MATE ManThe MATE Man
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answered Feb 20 at 15:49
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