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Old 09-22-2011
Deleting directories
I want to delete directories which are empty and directories which are 2 level deep.


example: /app/data/logs/G07696115/G07696115

So if a same directory is there inside G07696115 with the same name G07696115, i want to find and delete that alone(Make sure you do not touch directory any other directories under it)

Please advise. any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Old 09-22-2011
Make sure you do not touch directory any other directories under it ????????????????????????
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Old 09-22-2011
means if any other directories are present under it that should not get deleted.
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Old 09-22-2011
try to delete forcefully !
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Old 09-22-2011
i need a script to run for it.

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as there are thousands of directories are there. i cant go inside each one and check if same name directory exists or not.
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