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how to delete all files in one command for all user

Hi to all.

I setup Mailserver with spamassassin using Maildir format. I want to delete all files under .junkmail dir. The thing is all user has .junkmail dir and i manually delete all the contents per user. Is there a way where I can delete all the files in all directories of .junkmail in all user without doing it maunally?

TIA :)

I never tried it but rm /home/*/.junkmail should work

hahahaha why didn't I think of that. Such an idiot I am.

Thx!!!!

If I read your post correctly, .junkmail ia a directory and you want to remove all files in that directory for all users without removing the directory itself. The command suggested above will not work. Change into the /home directory and issue this command:

Code:

[root@localhost home]# find ./*/.junkmail -type f -exec rm -fr {} \;

Always run a test of any command suggested in forums, /opt is usually empty, create temporary user folders in /opt with a couple sub folders containing files. Issue this command to remove all files in only one of the sub folders to verify it.

avallach was just missing an asterik

Code:

rm -f /home/*/.junkmail/*