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Created February 18, 2019 22:36
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Delete all folders with a specific name recursively (including their contents)
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delete-folders-with-name.sh
Delete all folders with given name, example “.svn” etc.
find . -type d -name '.svn' -print -exec rm -rf {} \;
find . -type d -name '.idea' -print -exec rm -rf {} \;
find . -type d -name '.sass-cache' -print -exec rm -rf {} \;
find . -type d -name 'node_modules' -print -exec rm -rf {} \;
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