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Deleting a specific directory with a shell script

Hey folks,

I'm attempting to write a shell script that that will delete the content of the directory specified.

So for example, I want to be able to type: sh trash misc. Where trash is my shell script and misc is the folder I want to delete the contents of.

What would be the best way to go about this?

I'm thinking I need to use find . -delete in my script but I'm not sure.

Any help advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Why not just rm $1\\* ?

stoj  2010-10-28 16:09:43
Thanks stoj, perfect. Although rm $1//* is what worked for me.
Martyn  2010-10-28 16:27:12

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