Looping through directories in Bash

Question

I require the script to cd to a directory, then delete all but a few files in sub-directories—but leave the folders alone. Would it help to use switch

Answer 1

How about this?

$ find /Users/YourName/Desktop/Test -type f -maxdepth 2 -not -name watch.log -delete

Explanation

• -type: look for files only
• -maxdepth: go down two levels at most
• -not -name (combo): exclude watch.log from the search
• -delete: deletes files

Recommendation

Try out the above command without the -delete flag first. That will print out a list of files that would have been deleted.

Once you’re happy with the list, add -delete back to the command.