i'm writing a perl script which whenever runs, should empty 3 pre-decided directories as first step and then the script has the logic to parse some other directories and copy the files inside those directories into these 3 directories. I've the logic already developed, just need to know how to Empty the directories without deleting them.
Thanks in advance.
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i've come up with this -
Code:
system("cd /root/abc/testing/CA; rm *.*");
rm command scares me a bit. Is this safe or is there anything more simpler and safe?
hi, i understand that rmdir will only remove direcotry when it is empty but are there options which will also remove non-empty directories? i went to man rmdir but only find the option -p? i am on solaris. thanks (2 Replies)
Hi guys,
I've been trying to get this part of my script to work for ages and now it's getting me annoyed!! So i thought a fresh group of eyes could see where i'm going wrong!
The idea is getting a directory and all its files moved to a temp folder, but similar to the rm -ir command where it... (0 Replies)
Hi all,
Can you tell me how to empty all files in a directory with a "find" command?
It does not seem to work the way I try it:
# ls -l *.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7 Jul 20 20:51 la2.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Jul 20 20:51 la.dat
# find... (9 Replies)
To see if a directory is has anything in it, I do this:
if ; then
# do something
fi
But surely there is a more easy-to-read and elegant way. Isn't there? (6 Replies)
Hi,
I need to delete an empty directory in a temp directory except "dir5" (keep everything that is not empty).
Plese advise.
Here is an example of my directory.
/dir/temp/
dir1 - delete if this is empty
dir2 - delete if this is empty
dir3 - delete if this is empty
dir4 - delete if this... (7 Replies)
I need to check if a directory is empty using an if condition
in the pseudocode below
if ; then
else
although i looked at a few forums on this topic, I left feeling a little unclear and i could not use the command successfully
what can i substitute in the if conditon above,... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a requirement to check all the files in a directory and mail non empty files
Files are in csv format , i need to skip header while checking
pls help
Thanks (12 Replies)
I know someone will probably laugh at this question, I probably knew the answer many years ago when I was doing this full time but here goes.....
I have a directory that has many files and sub-directories in it, RMDIR will not delete a directory that is not empty so what is the command to... (1 Reply)
1.pls tell me the command for checking whether a given directory is empty or not .
2. can i check what is the last copied item in a directory .
and i yes , i want to move that last copied item in another directory .
pls help me with shell code for these two tasks
thanks (1 Reply)
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