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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:23:23 -0700
From: John Webster <jwebster@es.net>
To: Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com>
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Subject: Re: deleting with wildcards over ssh ... how ?
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--On Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:06:39 -0400 Ensel Sharon <user@dhp.com> wrote:

> 
> I want to delete some remote files with a wildcard, running 'rm' over ssh.
> 
> The obvious syntax doesn't work at all - it doesn't even make an ssh
> connection - I think it is interpreting the wildcard locally:
> 
># ssh user@host rm -rf /some/testdir/*
> ssh: No match.
> 
> Then, these combinations of single and double quotes:
> 
> ssh user@host 'rm -rf /some/testdir/*'
> 
> ssh user@host rm -rf '/some/testdir/*'
> 
> ssh user@host 'rm -rf "/some/testdir/*"'
> 
> All connect over ssh, and produce no errors, but the remote files are
> still there - nothing was deleted.
> 
> So what is the _right_ way to do this ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 


How about:

ssh user@host rm -rf /some/testdir/\* 





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