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# 1  
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
# 2  
Old 08-19-2014
Blade
Hello,

Following may help. But please test it once in a QA environment first.

Code:
for i in 1 2 3 .. 10
do
    rm -rf $i
    if [[ `echo $?` == 0 ]]
    then
        echo "Directory "$i " has been deleted."
    else
        echo "Directory " $i " has not been deletd."
    fi
 
done


Thanks,
R. Singh
Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 08-19-2014 at 07:22 AM.. Reason: not sure why blade symbol is coming
# 3  
Old 08-19-2014
try
Code:
#!/bin/ksh 
x=1 
while [ $x -le 4 ] 
do 
rm -rf $x
x=$(( $x + 1 )) 
done

replace 4 by number of dirs you have.
This User Gave Thanks to Makarand Dodmis For This Post:
linuxUser_
# 4  
Old 08-19-2014
Try
Code:
for i in [1-9] [1-9][0-9]; do echo rm -r $i; done

Remove echo if happy; add error handling if need be.
Last edited by rbatte1; 08-19-2014 at 01:26 PM..
# 5  
Old 08-19-2014
Thanks for the code but its not good way for me to use manually entered numbers.

Quote:
Originally Posted by RavinderSingh13
Hello,

Following may help. But please test it once in a QA environment first.

Code:
for i in 1 2 3 .. 10
do
    rm -rf $i
    if [[ `echo $?` == 0 ]]
    then
        echo "Directory "$i " has been deleted."
    else
        echo "Directory " $i " has not been deletd."
    fi
 
done

Thanks,
R. Singh
---------- Post updated at 04:11 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:09 PM ----------

I will test your code. Its looking very simple.
I am currently written code very same as makarandhs code.
Thanks by the way for teaching something new Smilie

Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Try
Code:
for i in [1-9] [1-9][0-9]; do echo rm -r $i; done

remove echo if happy; add error handling if need be.
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