bash command

Berticus · 01-29-2006, 09:21 PM

How do I remove .php, .php4, and .phtml files in a directory and all its subdirectories without removing any of the subdirectories?

So far I know only this:

Code:

rm *.php *.php4 *.phtml

I already tried:

Code:

rm -R *.php *.php4 *.phtml

320mb · 01-29-2006, 09:44 PM

Code:

rm -f
OR
rm -rf

IBall · 01-29-2006, 09:48 PM

Try something like:

Code:

find . -name *.php

It will print out the names of all the php files in the current directory and its children. Verify that all the files found you want removing, and then:

Code:

find . -name *.php --execute rm {} \;

I hope this helps
--Ian

Berticus · 01-29-2006, 10:20 PM

Thanks! That worked well Ian!

timmeke · 01-30-2006, 04:22 AM

With find, you can also combine multiple name-patterns, like this:
find . -name '*.php' -o -name '*.php4' -o -name '*.phtml'

Secondly, I would recommend putting single quotes around your wildcard patterns.
You don't want the shell to replace them by any files it finds in your current directory (filename substitution). Rather, you'll want to pass them unaltered to the "find" command.