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fast-rm
#!/bin/sh
readonly empty_dir=$(mktemp -d)
readonly target="$1"
rm -rf "$empty_dir"
mkdir "$empty_dir"
rsync --recursive --delete "$empty_dir"/ "$target"/
rmdir "$empty_dir" "$target"
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