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.
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I'm not talking for interactive use... I'm talking for use in a script
that might run on systems that are not mine -- so I can't rely on shell
settings.
