delete files with deleting subdirectory structure

[Amit Sathe]

Hi ...

My query is how I can delete all the files
from a directory with disturbing or deleting
subdirectory structure ..

Thanks ..
Amit

[V.Tamilvanan]

Hi,

#rm -R

See man pages of rm.

[Amit Sathe]

yes but almost 30 directories & subdirectories are there I wanted to keep the structure as it is ..means don`t want to
delete subdirectories

[V.Tamilvanan · Accepted solution]

Hi,

#find / -type f -exec rm {} \;

[Bharat Katkar]

Amit that is the only command "#rm -R " which will delete the entire directory and its subdirectories as well.

If you want to retain the direcotry structure then probably you have to write a script which deletes only files in the subdirectories. For that you really need to workout as per your structure.

[Bharat Katkar]

Oh great,
Tamil's solution seems to be correct.

[Roberto Polli]

Tamil solution is ok!
maybe you want to use
rm -f
instead of
rm
to avoid confirmation for each file.

Peace, R.

[Amit Sathe]

Thanks tamil ... it works ..thanks a lot ...I think with this ans u r going to join Royalty club..thats great

Amit