fdel

fdel is a wrapper for a more robust/safe rm on Linux. This script was motivated by this post: https://serverfault.com/a/363816/383469

usage

fdel passes all parameters to find. If it is a valid command the script prints out all findings. Then the user is asked if he wants to delete those files. Given a yes the script deletes all findings by issuing the same command with the -delete flag of find.

example

creating dummy data

mkdir test
cd test
touch file1
touch file2
cd ..

fdel

fdel test -type f
test/file2
test/file1
Delete (yes/no): 

By entering yes the given files will be deleted.