Is there a way to delete directory content using WinSCP?
I tried this, but it doesn't work:
synchronize remote -delete
To delete a directory, use the rm command.
The synchronize ... -delete deletes only orphan files or directories.
See also How do I create script that synchronizes files and deletes synchronized files from source afterward?
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We have an Ubuntu Server that is only accessed via terminal, and users transfer files to directories within 1 parent directory (i.e. /storage/DiskA/userA/doc1.doc /storage/DiskA/userB/doc1.doc). I need to copy all the specific files within the user folders to another dir, and I'm trying to specifically target the .doc extension.
I've tried running the following:
cp -R /storage/diskA/*.doc /storage/diskB/monthly_report/
However, it keeps telling me there is no such file/dir.
I want to be able to just pull the .doc files from all the user dirs and transfer to that dir, /storage/monthly_report/.
I know this is an easy task, but apparently, I'm just daft enough to not be able to figure this out. Any assistance would be wonderful.
EDIT: I updated the original to show that I have 2 Disks. Moving from Disk A to Disk B.
I would go for find -exec for such a task, something like:
find /storage/DiskA -name "*.doc" -exec cp {} /storage/DiskB/monthly_report/ \;
That should do the trick.
Use
rsync -zarv --include="*/" --include="*.doc" --exclude="*" /storage/diskA/*.doc /storage/diskB/monthly_report/
So, I have a requirement to delete all files from specific folders within a directory. These are folders that end with "-outputs" in their names and I need to delete all files in those particular folders.
Is there a command in linux that lets you do that?
You can execute the following command:
rm $YOUR_PATH\*-outputs
Change $YOUR_PATH to the path where the files are located.
If you want to ignore nonexistent files and arguments, and avoid the prompt, you can use the -f option.
rm -f $YOUR_PATH\*-outputs
You can see the different rm options here:
rm Linual manual page
I am a beginner of Linux system. Now I have a butch of files and folders want to be deleted. How can delete them one time using some command line?
Firstly I think you need rm command, then since you want to recursively delete the files or folders, you have to choose the option -r, -r means recursively delete something. Below is the link for details using rm command in Linux system.
https://www.computerhope.com/unix/urm.htm
I was trying to see if its possible to rsync a bunch of files from a website but, if the website deleted files, I don't want rsync to delete those files on my end and keep them.
currently as a starting point I'm doing:
```rsynch -av "link" /repo/
how do I make sure that files that were deleted in the link do not delete when I rsync the repo for updates?
rsync does not delete by default. You have to request that in a specific manner using the --delete switch. Check the rsync manual page as a reference: man rsync
#arkascha
I want to create script that copy my project and make it zip archive. I want to exclude all folder named .svn in all sub directories. Any suggestion?
I'd use rsync's FILTER RULES for this:
Create an .rsync-filter file (in the origin directory) containing, e.g.
-.svn/
Now run rsync like an exalted copy:
rsync -aFF origin/ destination/
You can do this using rsync. Although this is designed to synchronise directories across servers, it can also be used to copy directories on a single machine.
rsync has a --exclude option to exclude files and directories by pattern. See http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html for help and examples.
Just call the zip utility on your project’s folder and use the -r option for recursive plus the -x option to exclude files / folders by pattern.
zip -r target-filename.zip source-folder -x \*exclude-pattern\*
exclude-pattern in your case would be .svn
See also man zip