mirror of https://github.com/tLDP/LDP
39 lines
921 B
Bash
39 lines
921 B
Bash
#!/bin/bash
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E_WRONG_DIRECTORY=83
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clear # Clear screen.
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TargetDirectory=/home/bozo/projects/GreatAmericanNovel
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cd $TargetDirectory
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echo "Deleting stale files in $TargetDirectory."
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if [ "$PWD" != "$TargetDirectory" ]
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then # Keep from wiping out wrong directory by accident.
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echo "Wrong directory!"
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echo "In $PWD, rather than $TargetDirectory!"
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echo "Bailing out!"
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exit $E_WRONG_DIRECTORY
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fi
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rm -rf *
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rm .[A-Za-z0-9]* # Delete dotfiles.
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# rm -f .[^.]* ..?* to remove filenames beginning with multiple dots.
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# (shopt -s dotglob; rm -f *) will also work.
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# Thanks, S.C. for pointing this out.
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# A filename (`basename`) may contain all characters in the 0 - 255 range,
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#+ except "/".
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# Deleting files beginning with weird characters, such as -
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#+ is left as an exercise.
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echo
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echo "Done."
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echo "Old files deleted in $TargetDirectory."
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echo
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# Various other operations here, as necessary.
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exit $?
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