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#374039 - 30/03/2023 21:05 Re: rm -rf but suppress the file names? [Re: tfabris]
Tim veteran Registered: 25/04/2000 Posts: 1522 Loc: Arizona	Could you count the files in the directory before deleting them? Something like: Code: echo "Cleaning $dir"; ls $dir \|wc -l; rm -rf $dir; echo "Cleaned $dir"
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rm -rf but suppress the file names?	tfabris	30/03/2023 20:23
Re: rm -rf but suppress the file names?	mlord	30/03/2023 20:57
Re: rm -rf but suppress the file names?	tfabris	30/03/2023 21:46
Re: rm -rf but suppress the file names?	tfabris	30/03/2023 21:54
Re: rm -rf but suppress the file names?	Tim	30/03/2023 21:05
Re: rm -rf but suppress the file names?	mlord	30/03/2023 21:26
Re: rm -rf but suppress the file names?	tfabris	30/03/2023 22:09
Re: rm -rf but suppress the file names?	mlord	31/03/2023 01:05