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Delete many files from nginx cache
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delete-files.py
from time import sleep
import os
path = '/var/cache/nginx/client_temp/'
for file_name in xrange(0, 9999999999):
file_path = '/var/cache/nginx/client_temp/'+str(file_name).zfill(10)
print 'trying to delete '+file_path
try:
os.remove(file_path)
print 'deleted '+file_path
sleep(0.05)
except:
pass
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