Re: Deleting many files from a directory

[Gustavo Guillermo Perez <gustavo@compunauta.com>]

El Jueves 23 Diciembre 2004 15:40, Mário Gamito escribió:
> Hi,
>
> When we have too many files in a directory, let's say thousands, we
> cannot rm -f * on them. The system says there are too many files.
> So, one must go through a tedious process of deleting by parts.
>
> Is there a way to wipe them all at onde ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Warm Regards.
if is Just a directory, call rm with the name of the directory
like that
rm -rf /dirname
where the r is for recursive, sometimes find hangs with more than 65535 files 
in a single directory in some older versions (I still using some ones).

If you have a lot of folders with a lot of files, then:

find -type d | while read dir; do rm -rf "$dir" ; done

"" in $dir is for names with spaces.


Mery Christmas

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Gustavo Guillermo Perez
Compunauta uLinux
www.userver.tk

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