Re: cleanup a directory
- From: Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <kamaraju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:53:48 -0500
Jerome BENOIT wrote:
Hello List,
to clean some directories of mine, I use
rm -rf *
but files named as `.log' are not removed.
Is there a better way to do so ?
Go to the previous directory and then remove the directory using rm -rf.
This will remove other hidden files along with the .log files.
I tend to resist the use of * when using rm -rf. I usually work with a lot
of terminals open (inside konsole). So the probability of being in the
wrong directory and removing its contents is large if I use '*' with
rm -rf. But when the directory name is explicitly specified, the
probability of removing the wrong directory is small. YMMV.
hth
raju
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