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How to use Terminal to delete all .svn folders recursively?
what command can I type into Terminal so that I can:
delete all .svn folders within a folder (and from all subdirectories)
but not delete anything else
?
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Deleting C:\Windows\Installer\ files safely on Windows 7 after running WinDirStat hard drive space usage report [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 7 and large Installer Folder
Has anyone successfully deleted the Windows Installer files successfully before? They are taking up 35.1% of my total hard drive ...
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Something keeps deleting my downloaded files
I have been using utorrent for years now and recently I was surprised that I had 24GB free. I thought that was because I deleted some unused apps, but after awhile, I noticed my Torrents folder was ...
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Cannot delete file in OS X
I have a file in trash, and I cannot delete it. Before you ask me to STFW, no, the file is not locked :-/
The file is a symbolic link to nothing (target is deleted). Here is the output of ls -lO on ...
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Windows 7 asks administrator for administrator privilege
I seem to get a malware and when I try to delete it, it says I must be administrator to delete it(I do not know the English version since I am not using an English version).
But the problem is I do ...
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How do I delete nginx?
I don't know how this program got on my machine, but it is giving me nothingn but grief. How do I get it off my computer along with Mystart.com? They are not in my control panel or anywhere else I ...
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Delete registry key or value via CMD script?
I'm want to edit an already production .cmd script file, to have the script delete a certain registry key in the Windows registry.
Firstly, is this even possible, and secondly (if that's not ...
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Deleting a file from a network drive
If I have a network drive setup which connects to a specific server. If I delete a file from that network drive, it does not go into my desktop recycle bin and it does not go into the recycle bin on ...
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How to overwrite system32 files in Windows 7? (that really works please)
I have Windows 7 64bit installed on a virtual box (the fact it is a virtual box shouldn't be relevant).
I need to overwrite /Windows/System32/d3d9.dll but the system won't let me.
I've read the same ...
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How to recover a stomped file? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to recover a removed file under linux
When I was trying to unpickle an object, I accidentally opened a file in write mode
with ...
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How to strip off mail attachments in Thunderbird while keeping the mail
As I have only 500MB quota on my IMAP account and I want to keep messages when I sent something to someone but the data attached to those mails is often out of date and of no use anymore, it come to ...
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Deleting old Windows 7 Files
This is my 3rd install of windows 7 now on various array of hard drives, I'm now onto a SSD.
However I need to clean up all the other files, I've managed to get rid of all the permission based files.
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Operation not permitted error when deleting as root
I got into a weird situation. I got a 1Tb portable HD filled with some contents. It was used in Windows and as always packed with virus. I tried deleting some folders as root. But the following error ...
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How to mass remove symbolic links in Windows (amongs regular files that share similar name in many folders)?
Is there anyway to quickly remove many symbolic links in many folders that contains many other files. E.g some command in command prompt (be able to delete all slink created from day XX for example)?
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DEL *1.* deletes all files in folder
I'm trying to delete all files that end with the number one, but for some reason it is deleting all of the files in the folder.
The command I'm using is
DEL *1.*
It works when I use a letter like
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Windows 7 cross-volume symlinks affecting recycle bin
Related to this question but not identical.
Scenario:
C:\Folder\Symlink\ is a symlink pointing to E:\Folder\Folder\Target\
Problem:
Deleting a file through C:\Folder\Symlink\* bypasses the Recycle ...
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How can I remove a folder without a name in Win7?
I use Windows 7. The problem can be seen from the picture. I have tried to remove the folder "by mouse". But I failed to do so. How can I remove the folder without a name?
UPDATE: Thanks to Nifle's ...
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Delete multiple files on PowerShell command line
With PowerShell, what is the most concise way to delete multiple explicitly named files?
E.g. on *ix it would be:
rm subDir/a.png anotherDir/b.jpg thirdDir/c.gif
I'm currently using:
echo ...
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Handle Sysinternals software does not accept -c parameter
I am trying to close a handle to a locked file in Windows, using Sysinternals Handle software (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655).
First I search for opened handle:
handle.exe ...
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Delete locked file/folder from command line
It is easy to delete file or folder from a command line.
It is easy to delete locked file or folder from a nice GUI tools like Unlocker.
But is there a way to delete locked file/folder from a command ...
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Make a batch file find duplicate file names with different extensions, and actions on the results
What I want to do is have a batch file search folders, and subfolders, for matching file names that are ending in .mp3 and .wma and delete or move the *.wma duplicates.
Below you'll find what I have ...
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Windows 7 delete large folder/files from Library takes ages
I have a large source code folder which consists of 82,480 Files, 19,633 Folders. It is added to Library for fast access. When I delete it from library, it takes forever to prepare deleting and ...
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Batch delete : Access is denied
As the title suggests, I'm having issues with the del command in a batch file. When it gets to the delete step I get the message "Access is denied". My batch command looks something like this.
set ...
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Unable to change system folder attributes with Total Commander
I want to change a system folder to a normal folder by removing the system attribute.
I'm using Total Commander in Windows 7 but whenever I change the attributes from File -> Change Attributes and ...
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Syncing folders issue while using folder redirection
At my company, we have recently upgraded to Windows 7, and during this time we have configured folder redirection.
Following this, we have encountered an issue where user's documents are ...
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How do I temporary delete files with the command line?
I've tried to alias rm with rm='mv $1 /tmp/' to no avail.
How can I temporary delete files with the command line?
I want to replace the rm command with the mv command to not delete my files and ...
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How to remove a folder with a broken name?
I use Windows Live Mesh to keep my files backed up across many computers, but I have one folder (that I think came from a rar file), called px 2 (with what appears to be a space at the end). This file ...
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What is the difference between moving a file to Trash and using Terminal to rm it?
What is the difference between moving a file to Trash and using the Terminal to rm it?
What is the idea behind the scenes?
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What are hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys files, and can I safely delete them?
I noticed two big (~ 2GB) files (hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys) at the root of my C: drive and wondered what they were. I searched on google and found some interesting links, but did not find any ...
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'del /s *.svn' returns “Access is denied” error on Windows 7
I'm trying to delete all .svn files from a folder and all of its subfolders so I'm doing this from the command line:
del /s *.svn
However, all I get is this for each .svn file:
Access is ...
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When I move or delete files, they occasionally appear right back where they were a day later
When I move or delete files, they occasionally appear right back where they were a day later. Also, when I move files, they not only re-appear where I moved them from, they are also where I moved them ...
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How to delete a Thumbs.db:encryptable file
I found a file called Thumbs.db:encryptable on my image folder, and I can't delete it. I've tried reboot my PC, but it doesn't work.
When I try to delete a folder that contains this file, this ...
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Why would rmdir /s fail but still delete the innermost subdirectory?
I had a directory structure (src/...) created by Cygwin's 7za.exe. From a command prompt I ran rmdir /s /q src.
This resulted in error messages (paraphrasing as my DOS shell has long since ...
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How to detect why I cannot delete directory?
I cannot delete empty directory, I would like to know why. That directory did contain movie that was being played by my custom player and it might somehow be still blocking the directory. however it ...
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How can I remove a directory with rm - rf?
I try to remove a folder with
rm -rf foldername
… but it says
rm: cannot remove folder :is a directory.
What's wrong?
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How do I delete files within a directory and subdirectories but not the folders?
How do I delete files within a directory and subdirectories but not the folders?
I need to be able to do this on the Linux command line.
With rm?
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Deleting Multiple Files
I am deleting multiple files with the command:
del /s *.doc *.rtf *.txt
I get the error Could Not Find *.doc.
How can I get the command to continue deleting RTF and TXT files when there are no ...
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Media Sanitation
What is considered the minimum amount of overwrites to sanitize media?
For example; there are 1, 2, 3, 7, and 35 overwrites methods to make data irrecoverable.
Using standard recovery methods (such ...
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JRE rt.jar getting deleted on machine reboot
I am observing a strange behavior on some of my Windows machines. I have a Server application that uses Java JRE 1.6u26 (Oracle) which is bundled within it. Sometimes a machine reboot causes the ...
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Why can't I delete some .exe files?
I've been having a really strange problem in Windows 7 that's been driving me nuts.
Sometimes when I delete a folder full of random files (and no, not files in the Windows folder) and one of those ...
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How do I remove Windows 7 installation?
I want to remove Windows 7 installation from a partition WITHOUT destroying any other data on it using Windows 7 booted from another partition.
The most obvious way would be to just delete the ...
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How do I properly get rid of the .backupmanager files on my Acer 7741z?
On my Acer 7741z, I have over 3,000 Acer .backupmanager files to delete as per a post I just found on SuperUser.
However, do I have to delete each .backupmanager file one at a time or is there a ...
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OS X: directory access stalls; how to delete the directory?
There is a directory on my (solid-state) drive on OS X (Lion) that makes the computer stall when I try to delete or otherwise access it (no processor or drive activity). What can be attempted so as ...
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OSX: The item XYZ.txt~ can’t be moved to the Trash because it can’t be deleted
I'm trying to delete a file under OSX Lion, but can't. I get the following message:
The item XYZ.txt~ can’t be moved to the Trash because it can’t be
deleted.
Here's what I've tried:
select ...
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delete duplicate files with windows batch file?
I have a program that automatically copies files to a directory, and if it creates a duplicate it will name it like so:
file with duplicate.xxx
file with duplicate - 1.xxx
file with duplicate - 2.xxx
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Can't delete an invincible 0 byte file
I have a file whose size is 0 bytes. When I try to remove it an error message appears, saying "Could not find file".
Here is the list of things I've tried to delete the file:
Rebooted
Reset folder ...
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How to force delete a folder or .dll in Windows XP? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Deleting "undeletable" files in Vista
I am trying to delete a folder in Windows XP but when I do, it says:
Destination Folder Access Denied You need ...
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Windows 7: Is there a shortcut to deleting files without sending them to recycle bin?
After searching the internet for a while, I get a mix and match of "permanently change it through recycle bin properties" or other incorrect info such as "hit SHIFT+DEL". I am hoping there's a quick ...
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Can I delete a blank file left on my desktop by a virus removal?
My computer was infected with a virus. I scanned it with AVG and cleared it. It left me with a blank file that I cannot delete. When I right click on it, the only options I'm given are OpenHomePage, ...
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Windows Live Photo Gallery is deleting photos
I'm helping my mother organize her photos in Windows Live Photo Gallery (Windows 7). We've been scanning in slides taken decades ago.
We want to arrange the photos by date, so we have been changing ...
