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Old 04-02-2011
Trying to delete a directory pattern-selective deletion
Trying to delete a directory or a file using a pattern-selective deletion (using “*” and “?” )
# 2  
Old 04-04-2011
By respect for people who read you, could you please take the time to post something that make sens ?
Thanks in advance for your time
# 3  
Old 04-04-2011
As ctsgnb says, could you please rephrase this question and post a practical example, what you have to deal with? Thanks.
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Old 04-05-2011
You can create directories, subdirectories and subsubdirectories in one swoop with the mkdir -p command (brace expansions) using the bash shell (3.0 or higher!).

Code:
mkdir -p newdir{1..2}/subdir{1..3}/subsubdir{1..2}

You can delete them again with rm -r:

Code:
rm -r new*

Does that help?
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Old 04-30-2011
A script that deletes files.
I want to write a script that deletes files inside the dir. However, the script
should also allow the user to confirm by pressing (d) key.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
for file in $1/*
do
        size='ls -l $file | cut -f 5 -d " "'
        name='ls -l $file | cut -f 9 -d " "'
        let "rem=$size%2"
        if [ $rem -eq 0 ]; then
                echo "file $name is to be deleted"
                read -p "press <d> to confirm" answer
                if [ "$answer" == "d" ]; then
                        rm $name
                fi
        fi
done

Last edited by Scott; 04-30-2011 at 12:04 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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