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Old 12-03-2013
Find command and multiple * usage
Please can i use:

Code:
find /home/username/public_html/_sub/*/wp-content/*cache* -type f -delete

command to empty all folders contianing "cache" in wp-content directory.

issue is that in /home/username/public_html/_sub/
i have around 50 folders and i want to use this rule on all of them, so im using *.

im asking there because im afraid could delete whole /_sub contents or similar horror story

i just want to empty folders containing cache in that wp-content directories

i cant say it my english is bad

is above command safe?
# 2  
Old 12-03-2013
The shell will replace the wildcards with all matching directory names which might result in a - maybe too - lengthy command line. Don't delete in the first run - have the results listed and check. If you're happy, delete.
# 3  
Old 12-03-2013
so instead of operation "delete", i will do operation "print" in "find" command

-delete
-print
# 4  
Old 12-03-2013
Yes. -print is the default if no other action is defined. Try to set -vx options to analyze what the shell expands your parameters to.
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