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delete and check directories

hi im so sorry i do not have time im doing an urgent cleanup.

I have to check on directories for example:

/export/home/itbr
/export/home/bscsmig

there are more but i have the list. how do i write a ksh script in for loop to check those directories and delete display a message if it was successful?

thank you people.

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Something like

Code:

 
$ for d in dir1 dir2 dir3; do rmdir $d || echo 'unsuccessful'; done

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