Re: remove files progress bar : solved!

2016-04-03 Thread Max Power
Thank You very much Raul! This is precisely the way I was looking for... > Try this, then: > > # yes | rm -ir /home/games; echo > > This will put everything on one long line which will be a bit ugly, > but will show progress as it happens. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at

Re: remove files progress bar

2016-04-03 Thread Janne Johansson
One could rsync -avP --delete-during /var/empty /dir/to/clean/ also if you like to see a list of files flash by. Or something with find ... -exec rm {} + and later something to clean out links, sockets and/or dirs. 2016-04-03 9:39 GMT+02:00 Raul Miller : > On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 2:57 AM, Max Pow

Re: remove files progress bar

2016-04-03 Thread Raul Miller
On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 2:57 AM, Max Power wrote: > Hi guys! > Is there a way to view the deleted file or a progress bar > while you're erasing them? > > Thanks for Your reply. Do you mean like this? yes | rm -i ./* 2>&1 | sed 's/remove //g; s/\?//g' |fmt If that kind of behavior is what you wan

remove files progress bar

2016-04-03 Thread Max Power
Hi guys! Is there a way to view the deleted file or a progress bar while you're erasing them? Thanks for Your reply.