[colug-432] help with a command

Keith Larson klarson at k12group.net
Sun Aug 10 21:06:42 EDT 2014


the directories are named .PA and the files within them are random numeric type file names.  this is actually a Novell iPrint file/print server running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, so the folders need to stay.
 >>> Stephen Potter <spp at unixsa.net> 8/10/2014 3:30 PM >>>
> I'm misunderstanding your question, or everyone else is.

Are the files named *.PA or are the directories named *.PA?

What are the names of the files within the directories?   And, is the print spooler still running?

Assuming:
    the directories are *.PA
    the files inside are regular files (not hidden files)
    the print spooler isn't running (new jobs aren't getting created and deleted)
    you are running as root (or someone else with the appropriate permissions)

The command I gave you will delete only the files and not the print queue directories.  Although, honestly, I'm not sure why you want to keep the queue directories.  The directories should be deleted when the job is completed anyway.

Oh, make sure you are running /bin/rm and you don't have some weirdo alias horking things up.

-spp

On 8/10/2014 2:35 PM, Keith Larson wrote:


that's what I thought, but no.
rm: cannot remove `*.PA/*': No such file or directory

Keith Larson
Franklin Computer Services - K12group
klarson at k12group.net
(614) 561-4887 (mobile)
 
  >>> Stephen Potter <spp at unixsa.net>
( mailto:spp at unixsa.net)  8/10/2014 2:25 PM >>>
> How about "rm *.PA/*"

-spp


On 8/10/2014 1:53 PM, Keith Larson wrote:


I am searching for a way to empty the contents of a bunch of folders without removing the folders themselves AND leave other files at the currect directory level alone.  
 
I have a bunch of print queue folders.
 
du -shc *.PA 
 
shows these results
 
199M 4A81C53F.PA
941K 4A81D556.PA
0 4A81D56D.PA
192K 4A81D582.PA
632K 4A81D598.PA
0 4A81D5AD.PA
254M 4A81D5C0.PA
0 4A81DF1B.PA
0 4A81DF45.PA
 
All folders have a .PA extension so they are easily identified.
 
You can see that some are empty and some have files (print jobs) in them.  I want to delete all files from WITHIN these folders and nothing else.
 
Can someone help with a single command that will do this?
 
 
 
 
 
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