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rsync-ing an empty directory is waaayyyy faster than rm or find -exec or find -delete
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fast-rm.sh
#!/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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