Delete folder recursively

Braynid · 03-22-2010, 10:46 AM

Hey guys,

I have a copy of a SVN working copy and I don't have access to the original repository. What I want to do is to remove the .svn folder that SVN creates in each folder.

Since I don't want to go and delete it manually from each and every subfolder I was wondering if there is a way to do delete then all at once.

Thanks,

crts · 03-22-2010, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Braynid

Hey guys,

I have a copy of a SVN working copy and I don't have access to the original repository. What I want to do is to remove the .svn folder that SVN creates in each folder.

Since I don't want to go and delete it manually from each and every subfolder I was wondering if there is a way to do delete then all at once.

Thanks,

Code:

find / -type d -name '.svn' -exec rm -rf '{}' \;

Be careful with this command! If applied wrong it can damage your system!
[EDIT]
The above command will search all your filesystem hierarchy. Maybe it is better to search only a certain folder like

Code:

find /home/path/to/your/SVNFOLDERS -type d -name '.svn' -exec rm -rf '{}' \;

I am not familiar with SVN

Braynid · 03-22-2010, 11:07 AM

I've tried the localized find and it worked just swell.
Thanks mate!