How about this?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ ls
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ touch 1foo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ touch 2foo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ touch foo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ ls -la
total 12
drwxr-sr-x 2 aperrin aperrin 4096 Feb 6 11:18 .
drwxr-sr-x 49 aperrin aperrin 8192 Feb 6 08:51 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 aperrin aperrin 0 Feb 6 11:17 1foo
-rw-r--r-- 1 aperrin aperrin 0 Feb 6 11:18 2foo
-rw-r--r-- 1 aperrin aperrin 0 Feb 6 11:18 foo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ rm -f {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0}foo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ ls -la
total 12
drwxr-sr-x 2 aperrin aperrin 4096 Feb 6 11:18 .
drwxr-sr-x 49 aperrin aperrin 8192 Feb 6 08:51 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 aperrin aperrin 0 Feb 6 11:18 foo
Note the rm -rf line, which does what you're asking. But note also that
script kiddies may be capable of generating other devious filename
patterns, including those that start with . .
Best,
Andy Perrin
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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On 6 Feb 2002, Ron Mullins wrote:
> Can someone help me this? We run a FTP server that has constant
> scriptkiddie activity, i.e. uploading of warez. I would like to automate
> the removing of directories, as they are always a number, but I can't
> figure out how to test whether the name is or starts with a number.
>
> Does anyone have some good ideas or experience with this? Shell
> scripting isn't one of my strong points. The server is Debian Woody.
> Please CC me as I am not currently subscribed to the list.
>
> P.S. I'm using Pure-FTP and have it setup so that the Warez cannot be
> downloaded, so they can't get it back off, but it is annoying to have to
> do this manually. Annonymous uploads are needed so I can't turn that
> feature off. Thanks in advance.
>
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> Ron Mullins
> DigiTerra, Inc.
> IT Network Engineer
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> Phone: 219-247-4870
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