recursively find (and delete) files and directories in linux (and svn)
This example looks in the current directory for directories named .svn
That isn't the best way to do it. It will break if you have lots of .svn directories. Then the command line will be too long and you will get 'argument list too long'. Recent bash have enormous buffers so this is less of a problem. xargs solves this problem.
The other problem is any file with spaces in the name will cause bash to treat it as two arguments. Which could give an error or could delete the wrong file. find -print0 and xargs -0 solve this problem.
OR make an alias to an egrep command and go nuts
from here on out, just type g "" *
case insensitive
recursive
colored results
That isn't the best way to do it. It will break if you have lots of .svn directories. Then the command line will be too long and you will get 'argument list too long'. Recent bash have enormous buffers so this is less of a problem. xargs solves this problem.
The other problem is any file with spaces in the name will cause bash to treat it as two arguments. Which could give an error or could delete the wrong file. find -print0 and xargs -0 solve this problem.
find . -type d -name .svn find . -name .svn -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
OR make an alias to an egrep command and go nuts
alias g='egrep --color=auto -i -r'
from here on out, just type g "
case insensitive
recursive
colored results