On 09/05/2012 08:25 AM, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 09/04/2012 06:55 PM, Linda A. Walsh wrote: > >> So how do delete all files in the directory without wild cards? > > Why tie your hands behind your back? Use wild cards: > > cd DIRECTORY && rm -fr * .[!.] .??* > > If you do this a lot, put it into a shell script. > It's not like the need is all that common, for most people, > but if you need it that's what scripts are for. > > If you fiddle with your shell settings about > how wildcards are expanded, make > sure your script does wildcards in the standard way.
Exactly, we're now at the point where globbing is the topic, much way away from coreutils and rm. Bash knows dotglob: $ mkdir d ; cd d $ touch .a b ; mkdir c $ ( shopt -s dotglob ; rm -rv * ) removed `.a' removed `b' removed directory: `c' Have a nice day, Berny
