On 04/11/2011 17:41, Rodrigo Gonzalez wrote: > El 04/11/11 13:25, Graeme Dargie escribió: >> Ok this might be a bit of a newbie question but here goes. >> >> I have a large number of directories around 300 which all have sub >> dirs, some of those have sub dirs in each of these there are two >> further sub dirs called pages and thumbnails, is there an easy way to >> remove all the pages and thumbnail dirs from the tree? >> >> Regards >> >> G >> > I dont know how to make in one command....but to delete thumbnails > directories > > find . -type d -name thumbnails -exec rm -rf {} \; > > You can do the same for the pages directories > > To test what you will delete please run > > find . -type d -name thumbnails -print > > and see that it is correct
In one command: find . -depth 3 -type d \( -name pages -o -name thumbnails \) \ -exec rm -rf '{}' + The '-depth 3' bit avoids deleting any pages or thumbnails directories higher up the tree, assuming that any such exist. Leave it out if that isn't a concern. Use -print as Rodrigo suggests to avoid foot-shooting scenarios... Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW
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