Issue
I need to loop through a directory recursively and remove all files with extension .pdf
and .doc
. I'm managing to loop through a directory recursively but not managing to filter the files with the above mentioned file extensions.
My code so far
#/bin/sh
SEARCH_FOLDER="/tmp/*"
for f in $SEARCH_FOLDER
do
if [ -d "$f" ]
then
for ff in $f/*
do
echo "Processing $ff"
done
else
echo "Processing file $f"
fi
done
I need help to complete the code, since I'm not getting anywhere.
Solution
find
is just made for that.
find /tmp -name '*.pdf' -or -name '*.doc' | xargs rm
Answered By - mouviciel Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)