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Originally Posted by pamu

Yes it will not remove parent directories. Just take care that you don't have any spaces between them Smilie

This is why one should always quote avidly:

Code:

rm -rf "${month}_bkp_files"

Notice the double quotes. They will make sure even file names with spaces in them will get handled correctly. Try it:

Code:

# mkdir testdir
# cd testdir
# touch a; touch b; touch "a b"
# x="a b"
# rm $x                # will remove "a" and "b", but not "a b"
# rm "$x"              # will remove "a b" but leave "a" and "b" alone

CAUTION: "eval" will eat up the quotes:

Code:

# eval rm "$x"         # will remove "a" and "b" again, like the unquoted line

I hope this helps.

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