Hello

I have a path like:

and i have there many files and folders with subfolders.....

I am using a command like:

and i am looking for a way to exclude a folder (that contains files and subfolders):

How can i do that?

Thank you

Move uploads dir elswhere, delete folder 4, recreate it and move uploads into it?

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Don't use the force (-f) option. You'll be prompted for y or n for each deletion, just answer n when asked to decend into the uploads/ folder

Obviously tedious if there are a lot of files in folder4/, or many other sub-folders besides uploads/

I've taken to almost never using the -f option from the command line...you get no information about what has been deleted, and no error messages. Very risky thing to use.

400GB folder so not that easy

I am trying to use it on a bash script so that will not help.Also to clicking (y) for a ton of files and folders also is not an easy one

Moving a folder should be a blink, no matter what the size, because (if I understand correctly) mv doesn't actually relocate the folder, just changes the pointer to it in the metadata. I don't have really big folder or file to confirm that with, tho. Copying (cp) is different, as the files are relocated. Try it out. Let us know what you experience.

And yes, not using -f would be tedious for a large number of files, as I said.

Thanks for your reply !

I will wait for a few more recommendations that may help and then i will test it.....

As scasey said, it's a quick operation if you move it on same file system (ie not in another partition). It's like as if you renamed it.

If it's repeatable action, maybe write a script

Using mc to select directories to be deleted surely must be simpler and safer than typing some complex risky rm command.

The files and folders on that directory are not the same always

Exactly the reason for using mc and selecting each time.

that is only if it is on the same partition, is moves really fast, but if one needs to relocate to another partition or drive, it copies, then deletes the original. which takes a lot longer.

with the move on to the same partition delete leftovers

puts uploads in /home/user/uploads
removes the remainder.

If my uploads folder is 400GB and my disk size is 500GB it will work to move it on another directory or it will need to allocate first the full size and then to free it as that will not work?

you could go down into that dir, then just move a few at a time, if not one at a time until you've freed up enough to do a move all of these at the "same time" command. if and or it gets to that point.

The move command will delete the source file when it is done moving it, so you can pick up where you left off easier. In case you have to stop for whatever reason, and pick up where you left off at a later date.

remember the move command in Linux operates like this, (probably windows and MAC too) copy to destination then remove source if you are crossing partitions. If not it just writes the "new" location to the MFT (master file table), or whatever "they" decided to call it on the disk if you are staying in the same partition. which is a lot faster.

with approx 100GB free space. you might want to start with move a few at a time. even though in all reality it does one at a time, using a list of what you told it to move for reference.

you could ever write a little script to move x amount of files at a time. then stop, then just run it again unto you've freed up enough space to do a move all of these at once command. Using a file manager or command line or script.

a script to use if you want to.
just add whatever file types you want and mod it to how ever you want if you want to use it.

Not practical at all

Yes i am talking to move it at the same partition....