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DaveAnderson
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 Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:49 pm Post subject: Help me write a simple script |
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| Probably not even a script. I just need a command that will start at the current directory (./) and go through all subdirectories and remove (rm -rf spam) any folder named spam. |
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BlackEdder
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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find ./ -name 'spam' -type d -exec rm -r {} \;
(You might wanna add an i to the -r at first  ) |
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pjp
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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Test:
| Code: | | find ./ -type d -name spam -print0 |xargs -0 rm |
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| Code: | | find ./ -type d -name spam -print0 |xargs -0 rm -rf |
xargs takes all output from find and executes one command, whereas -exec will run rm for each dir. Doesn't make much difference for small find results, but if you have a lot, it adds up.
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