Help Me>> Need help in writing Bash script

lamak_98 · 10-03-2007, 02:09 PM

I need bash script to do following
1. take directories name as argument
2. go into that directory and recursively delete all files and directories inside this directory.

$ ls
30070610
30070611
30070612
$ rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty 300706*
rmdir: `30070610': File exists
rmdir: `30070611': File exists
rmdir: `30070612': File exists

thanks a lot

kaz2100 · 10-03-2007, 02:19 PM

Hya,

I have an impression that this is your homework.

So, I will give you some clue.

Read man (or info) page of rm.

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pixellany · 10-03-2007, 02:52 PM

I can't duplicate your results. Are 300706* files or directories? Do they have any contents?

When posting homework questions, you'll get more help by stating what the class is, what books you are using, etc.

unSpawn · 10-03-2007, 03:13 PM

And here's two basic Bash scripting guides you want to check out: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html,
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginne...tml/index.html.

devn · 10-03-2007, 03:55 PM

did you try out recursive deletion switch of rm?

Maybe

Code:

rm -R $YOUR_DIR_NAME

will help.

lamak_98 · 10-03-2007, 04:26 PM

thanks...devn
that worked.

hello kaz2100 & pixellany, I wasn't doing HW, rather doing a work that needed to delete bunch of logs.. btw am new to bash scripting.. so give some break.
thanks

kaz2100 · 10-04-2007, 10:44 AM

Hya,

Apology. Next time, please explicitly express the reason of post, so that nobody will have an impression of homework.

By the way, (this is another reason I had that impression), in your post #1, what you wrote down in English does not agree what you wanted to try (ls and rmdir). Neither the answer by dven.

Code:

rm -r $1/*

or

Code:

cd $1
rm -r *
cd ..

will do in tcsh, bash..... Otherwise, the containing directory is also deleted.

Anyway, read documents also.

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