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Multiple Folder Contents Deletion & Drive Space Issue
I am trying to delete the content of two folders on a dedicated linux server that I access remotely via SSH as the HD is 97% full.
The folders are called 'cache' and 'tcache' and contain cached contents that are egenerated on the fly. These folder exist on over 100 domains hosted on a cpanel server so what I am looking for is a way to recursively delete all of the files contained in these folders. It should also be noted that rm gives the following error due to file number limitations just in one of the folders "-bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long"
The question is if there is an easier way of see where the space is being used on the server and how to remove the cache files all in one without having to manually go through each folder.
TIA
The folders are called 'cache' and 'tcache' and contain cached contents that are egenerated on the fly. These folder exist on over 100 domains hosted on a cpanel server so what I am looking for is a way to recursively delete all of the files contained in these folders. It should also be noted that rm gives the following error due to file number limitations just in one of the folders "-bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long"
The question is if there is an easier way of see where the space is being used on the server and how to remove the cache files all in one without having to manually go through each folder.
TIA
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Does this proposal not require me to manually go through each folder to delete the files i.e. cd directory
Structure is:
/home2/test1234/public_htm
/home2/test1234/public_htm
/home2/anottest/public_htm
/home2/anottest/public_htm
There are around 400 cache folders in the same structure as above and I am trying to delete the files within these 'cache' folders all at once not one by one.
Also if there are 200 folders in /home2/ how do I find out how much space each folder is using (as per my question previously)
TIA
Structure is:
/home2/test1234/public_htm
/home2/test1234/public_htm
/home2/anottest/public_htm
/home2/anottest/public_htm
There are around 400 cache folders in the same structure as above and I am trying to delete the files within these 'cache' folders all at once not one by one.
Also if there are 200 folders in /home2/ how do I find out how much space each folder is using (as per my question previously)
TIA
cd /home2
for file in `ls */public_html/cache`
do
rm $file
done
part 2
du /home/*
for file in `ls */public_html/cache`
do
rm $file
done
part 2
du /home/*
cd home2/test1234/public_html
find . -type f -print|xargs -n 32 -r rm
-n32 limits to 32 files at a time (should eliminate command line length problems
-r says to to run if no args (i.e. there was a multiple of 32 files to rm in the first place)
This will leave all directories in place. If you want to remove these, and "rm -r *" still breaks command line length, do:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -print|xargs -n 32 -r rm -r
find . -type f -print|xargs -n 32 -r rm
-n32 limits to 32 files at a time (should eliminate command line length problems
-r says to to run if no args (i.e. there was a multiple of 32 files to rm in the first place)
This will leave all directories in place. If you want to remove these, and "rm -r *" still breaks command line length, do:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -print|xargs -n 32 -r rm -r
How much space each folder is using (in current folder)
find . -mount -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec du -s "{}" \;|sort -n
find . -mount -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec du -s "{}" \;|sort -n
Post before last should have -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 instead of just -maxdepth 1, otherwise it'll try to rm . (and fail to do so). -print is optional with gnu find in the absence of any other actions
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I tried to look at this solution but:
find . -mount -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print|xargs -n 1 -r ./todo.sh
gives:
xargs: todo.sh: No such file or directory
Which I assume create the file list for deletion by ./todo.sh ?
TIA
find . -mount -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print|xargs -n 1 -r ./todo.sh
gives:
xargs: todo.sh: No such file or directory
Which I assume create the file list for deletion by ./todo.sh ?
TIA
You need to create the file todo.sh first. That is part of the solution. You must make it executable (chmod a+x todo.sh).
The contents of todo.sh should be as per my previous post, except you don't need to include the comments (words following '#'), but they will do no harm if included..
The contents of todo.sh should be as per my previous post, except you don't need to include the comments (words following '#'), but they will do no harm if included..
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for file in `ls`
do
rm $file
done
# make sure the chars around the ls are ` and not '