delete folders with the same name as the parent folders recursively in bash?
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So some file copying went wrong in one of my machines and I'm wasting a ludicrous amount of space by having a copy of each folder inside of the parent with the same name, and i'd want to delete them all. Example:
/mnt/test/files/foo
_ /mnt/test/files/foo/file1 (etc)
|__ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo
_ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo/file1 (etc)
|_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2
_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/file1 (etc)
|_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2
_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2/file1 (etc)
so obviously i want to delete /mnt/files/foo/foo , /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2 and its contents (and so on) entirely and stop wasting space. What would be a good way to script it in bash?
Thanks in advance.
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So some file copying went wrong in one of my machines and I'm wasting a ludicrous amount of space by having a copy of each folder inside of the parent with the same name, and i'd want to delete them all. Example:
/mnt/test/files/foo
_ /mnt/test/files/foo/file1 (etc)
|__ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo
_ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo/file1 (etc)
|_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2
_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/file1 (etc)
|_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2
_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2/file1 (etc)
so obviously i want to delete /mnt/files/foo/foo , /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2 and its contents (and so on) entirely and stop wasting space. What would be a good way to script it in bash?
Thanks in advance.
linux bash scripting terminal
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So some file copying went wrong in one of my machines and I'm wasting a ludicrous amount of space by having a copy of each folder inside of the parent with the same name, and i'd want to delete them all. Example:
/mnt/test/files/foo
_ /mnt/test/files/foo/file1 (etc)
|__ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo
_ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo/file1 (etc)
|_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2
_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/file1 (etc)
|_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2
_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2/file1 (etc)
so obviously i want to delete /mnt/files/foo/foo , /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2 and its contents (and so on) entirely and stop wasting space. What would be a good way to script it in bash?
Thanks in advance.
linux bash scripting terminal
asked Nov 19 at 12:53
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So some file copying went wrong in one of my machines and I'm wasting a ludicrous amount of space by having a copy of each folder inside of the parent with the same name, and i'd want to delete them all. Example:
/mnt/test/files/foo
_ /mnt/test/files/foo/file1 (etc)
|__ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo
_ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo/file1 (etc)
|_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2
_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/file1 (etc)
|_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2
_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2/file1 (etc)
so obviously i want to delete /mnt/files/foo/foo , /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2 and its contents (and so on) entirely and stop wasting space. What would be a good way to script it in bash?
Thanks in advance.
linux bash scripting terminal
linux bash scripting terminal
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If your find supports the -regex predicate, you can list the directories with:
find . -type d -regex '.*/([^/]*)/1' -prune -print
to remove them, you can change -print to:
-exec rm -rf +
But be sure to check the list first so you don't delete any files you need.
edited Nov 19 at 13:10
Stéphane Chazelas
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answered Nov 19 at 13:05
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Nice! this worked. Thank you!
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If your find supports the -regex predicate, you can list the directories with:
find . -type d -regex '.*/([^/]*)/1' -prune -print
to remove them, you can change -print to:
-exec rm -rf +
But be sure to check the list first so you don't delete any files you need.
edited Nov 19 at 13:10
Stéphane Chazelas
294k54554896
answered Nov 19 at 13:05
choroba
25.8k44470
Nice! this worked. Thank you!
– Webodan
Nov 19 at 14:25
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If your find supports the -regex predicate, you can list the directories with:
find . -type d -regex '.*/([^/]*)/1' -prune -print
to remove them, you can change -print to:
-exec rm -rf +
But be sure to check the list first so you don't delete any files you need.
edited Nov 19 at 13:10
Stéphane Chazelas
294k54554896
answered Nov 19 at 13:05
choroba
25.8k44470
Nice! this worked. Thank you!
– Webodan
Nov 19 at 14:25
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
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up vote
1
down vote
accepted
If your find supports the -regex predicate, you can list the directories with:
find . -type d -regex '.*/([^/]*)/1' -prune -print
to remove them, you can change -print to:
-exec rm -rf +
But be sure to check the list first so you don't delete any files you need.
edited Nov 19 at 13:10
Stéphane Chazelas
294k54554896
answered Nov 19 at 13:05
choroba
25.8k44470
If your find supports the -regex predicate, you can list the directories with:
find . -type d -regex '.*/([^/]*)/1' -prune -print
to remove them, you can change -print to:
-exec rm -rf +
But be sure to check the list first so you don't delete any files you need.
edited Nov 19 at 13:10
Stéphane Chazelas
294k54554896
answered Nov 19 at 13:05
choroba
25.8k44470
edited Nov 19 at 13:10
Stéphane Chazelas
294k54554896
edited Nov 19 at 13:10
Stéphane Chazelas
294k54554896
edited Nov 19 at 13:10
Stéphane Chazelas
294k54554896
294k54554896
answered Nov 19 at 13:05
choroba
25.8k44470
answered Nov 19 at 13:05
choroba
25.8k44470
answered Nov 19 at 13:05
choroba
25.8k44470
25.8k44470
Nice! this worked. Thank you!
– Webodan
Nov 19 at 14:25
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Nice! this worked. Thank you!
– Webodan
Nov 19 at 14:25
Nice! this worked. Thank you!
– Webodan
Nov 19 at 14:25
Nice! this worked. Thank you!
– Webodan
Nov 19 at 14:25
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