Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories

From	Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories
Date	2025-07-11 18:36 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<104ri2t$1k3fp$2@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 2025-07-06, Richard Kettlewell wrote:

> Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> writes:
>> On 2025-07-06, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> Would that problem be different in:
>>>
>>>   rm -r ~/Music/*
>>>
>>> compared to:
>>>
>>>   cd ~/Music/*
>>>   rm -r *
>
> “cd ~/Music/*” will not work; you mean “cd ~/Music”.
>
>> I think so, yes. One problem is the same and present in both, word
>> splitting will happen after the expansion of *.
>
> No. Word splitting is first, then expansion.
> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_01

(I just wanted to apologize for any confusion or alarm I might have
caused with that post of mine. It clearly required more caffeine...)

-- 
Sorry,
Nuno Silva

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    Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-05 13:36 +0000
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              Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-06 15:33 +0200
                Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-06 17:12 +0100
                Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-06 20:24 +0200
                Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-06 19:56 +0100
                Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-11 18:36 +0100
                Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-07-06 16:44 +0000
                Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-06 18:20 +0100
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  Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-06 01:35 +0000
    Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-06 03:09 +0100
      Re: shell command for deleting all subdirectories Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-06 03:13 +0000

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