Brainsick Patterns -- No Code Relation » Linux http://blog.brainsicksolutions.com Umm... a porridge made from things I learn so I can find them easier? Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:38:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Linux Cookbook http://blog.brainsicksolutions.com/2009/02/the-linux-cookbook/ http://blog.brainsicksolutions.com/2009/02/the-linux-cookbook/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:24:56 +0000 admin http://blog.brainsicksolutions.com/2009/02/the-linux-cookbook/ The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use

]]> http://blog.brainsicksolutions.com/2009/02/the-linux-cookbook/feed/ 0 Batch deletion in Linux http://blog.brainsicksolutions.com/2009/02/batch-deletion-in-linux/ http://blog.brainsicksolutions.com/2009/02/batch-deletion-in-linux/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:22:23 +0000 admin http://blog.brainsicksolutions.com/2009/02/batch-deletion-in-linux/ Two particularly useful (at least for me) commands are removing numerous files or completely eradicating a given directory.

The quickest way to delete numerous files:
find /parent/directory -type f -iname '*jpg' | xargs rm -f

The quickest way to remove a non-empty directory:
rm -rf /directory

Additional usage examples.  Found a shell programming example.

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