[lug] Removing hidden directory recursively

[John-David Childs]

On 4/21/06, Hugh Brown <hugh at math.byu.edu> wrote:
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>
> find . -type d -name .svn -exec echo {} \;
>
> to make sure you aren't getting something you didn't intend and then
>
> find . -type d -name .svn -exec rm -rf {} \;


Nuh-uh...this will remove any directory containing a .svn extenion AND ALL
FILES in all subdirectories, regardless of .svn extension!

What you want is this:

find . -type f -name "*.svn" -exec rm -f {} \; && find . -type d -empty
-exec rmdir {} \;

This will remove all files with an .svn extension and remove any empty
directories afterwards.


depending on how many there are you can also use:
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> find . -type d -name .svn -print0 |xargs -0 rm -rf
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> Hugh
>
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Paul Nowosielski wrote:
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> > Dear All,
> >
> > I'm trying to remove 1000's of .svn files from a web directory.
> > Can any one give me a tip on how to do this with a one line command?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > --
> > Paul Nowosielski
> >
>
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