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[solved] delete a bunch of files at once through telnet?

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Is there away I can delete a bunch of files at once through telnet.  For example cd /mnt/disk1/downloads   In my downloads folder I have a bunch of files I would like to delete and would like to try to do it though telnet.

Is there away I can delete a bunch of files at once through telnet.  For example cd /mnt/disk1/downloads   In my downloads folder I have a bunch of files I would like to delete and would like to try to do it though telnet.

rm /mnt/disk1/downloads/*

 

if not sure, type

ls /mnt/disk1/downloads/*

to see what will be deleted first.

 

In place of * (which matches every file) you can use *.xyz

where "xyz" = the extension of the files you want removed

 

or, type

mc

and use midnight commander to select, and then delete the files.

 

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