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Old 03-17-2013
Delete all content in folder and not show any stderr/stdout

Hi i am a newbie, and have trying something that looked easy at first sight.

in this script i want to delete all the files and directories in subdirectory1 (but not delete subdirectory1) and dont show any stderr or stdout messages:

i try this but the stderr and stdout is shown...and it says that i am trying to delete /dev/null...please help:

rm -rf /directory1/subdirectory1/* /dev/null 2>&1


this is my file system...

directory1
|
|
| ------subdirectory1
| |
| |
| |----------subsubdirectory1
|
# 2  
Old 03-17-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by bash100
rm -rf /directory1/subdirectory1/* /dev/null 2>&1
In this case, rm tries to delete /dev/null which may not be possible. Just a missing redirection.
Code:
rm -rf /dir1/subdir1/* >/dev/null 2>&1

# 3  
Old 03-17-2013
thanks, it works :P
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