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So some file copying went wrong in one of my machines and I'm wasting a ludicrous amount of space by having a copy of each folder inside of the parent with the same name, and i'd want to delete them all. Example:



 /mnt/test/files/foo

 _ /mnt/test/files/foo/file1 (etc)

 |__ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo

 _ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo/file1 (etc)

 |_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2

  _ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/file1 (etc)

 |_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2

  _ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2/file1 (etc)


so obviously i want to delete /mnt/files/foo/foo , /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2 and its contents (and so on) entirely and stop wasting space. What would be a good way to script it in bash?



Thanks in advance.






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    So some file copying went wrong in one of my machines and I'm wasting a ludicrous amount of space by having a copy of each folder inside of the parent with the same name, and i'd want to delete them all. Example:



     /mnt/test/files/foo
    
 _ /mnt/test/files/foo/file1 (etc)
    
 |__ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo
    
 _ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo/file1 (etc)
    
 |_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2
    
  _ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/file1 (etc)
    
 |_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2
    
  _ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2/file1 (etc)


    so obviously i want to delete /mnt/files/foo/foo , /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2 and its contents (and so on) entirely and stop wasting space. What would be a good way to script it in bash?



    Thanks in advance.






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      So some file copying went wrong in one of my machines and I'm wasting a ludicrous amount of space by having a copy of each folder inside of the parent with the same name, and i'd want to delete them all. Example:



       /mnt/test/files/foo
      
 _ /mnt/test/files/foo/file1 (etc)
      
 |__ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo
      
 _ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo/file1 (etc)
      
 |_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2
      
  _ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/file1 (etc)
      
 |_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2
      
  _ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2/file1 (etc)


      so obviously i want to delete /mnt/files/foo/foo , /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2 and its contents (and so on) entirely and stop wasting space. What would be a good way to script it in bash?



      Thanks in advance.






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      So some file copying went wrong in one of my machines and I'm wasting a ludicrous amount of space by having a copy of each folder inside of the parent with the same name, and i'd want to delete them all. Example:



       /mnt/test/files/foo
      
 _ /mnt/test/files/foo/file1 (etc)
      
 |__ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo
      
 _ /mnt/test/files/foo/foo/file1 (etc)
      
 |_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2
      
  _ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/file1 (etc)
      
 |_ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2
      
  _ /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2/file1 (etc)


      so obviously i want to delete /mnt/files/foo/foo , /mnt/files/foo/foo2/foo2 and its contents (and so on) entirely and stop wasting space. What would be a good way to script it in bash?



      Thanks in advance.






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          If your find supports the -regex predicate, you can list the directories with:



          find . -type d -regex '.*/([^/]*)/1' -prune -print


          to remove them, you can change -print to:



          -exec rm -rf {} +


          But be sure to check the list first so you don't delete any files you need.






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          If your find supports the -regex predicate, you can list the directories with:



          find . -type d -regex '.*/([^/]*)/1' -prune -print


          to remove them, you can change -print to:



          -exec rm -rf {} +


          But be sure to check the list first so you don't delete any files you need.






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          If your find supports the -regex predicate, you can list the directories with:



          find . -type d -regex '.*/([^/]*)/1' -prune -print


          to remove them, you can change -print to:



          -exec rm -rf {} +


          But be sure to check the list first so you don't delete any files you need.






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          If your find supports the -regex predicate, you can list the directories with:



          find . -type d -regex '.*/([^/]*)/1' -prune -print


          to remove them, you can change -print to:



          -exec rm -rf {} +


          But be sure to check the list first so you don't delete any files you need.






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          find . -type d -regex '.*/([^/]*)/1' -prune -print


          to remove them, you can change -print to:



          -exec rm -rf {} +


          But be sure to check the list first so you don't delete any files you need.







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