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Old 08-19-2014
Want to remove directories names 1 2 3 ...

Dear All,

I have some list of directories names 1 2 3 .... n.
Number can vary each time when I run some software to create these folders.
When ever I wanted to run new case I have to remove all the sub-directories named 1 2 3 4 .... in case directory.
How can I do it using rm -r command?

Thanks & Regards,
linuxUser_

Last edited by rbatte1; 08-19-2014 at 01:24 PM.. Reason: Changed CODE tags to ICODE tags
 

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