delete all files under a folder

[mihaio]

Hello,

I'd like to clean up some space, for example from
tmp/analog and tmp/urchin as I'm getting close to the maximum disk quota for my hosting account.

I tried to look for it, I searched this forum as well but I do not know how to delete all files under a folder (I do not want to go one by one as there are too many) .

"Delete this folder and all files under it" is a command I do not want to use as I do not know whether those folders are required or not.

To cut a long story short is there a way to delete all files under a folder at once ?

Thanks

[sitekeeper]

rm filename.txt : deletes filename.txt, will more than likely ask if you really want to delete it
rm -f filename.txt : deletes filename.txt, will not ask for confirmation before deleting.
rm -rf tmp/ : recursively deletes the directory tmp, and all files in it, including subdirectories. BE VERY CAREFULL WITH THIS COMMAND!!!

Bob

[mihaio]

Sorry I was not too clear; I am using CPanel so a line command won't work
(I think so).

[sitekeeper]

The file manager in cpanel should work.. But you may not be able to delete some things in /username Be sure to empty the trash once your sure you have everything deleted correctly.

Bob

[mihaio]

The file manager in cpanel should work..
Bob

Yes, it works but is there a way to delete all files at once under a folder not to go one by one ?

[cPanelDavidG]

Yes, it works but is there a way to delete all files at once under a folder not to go one by one ?

If you are using the X3 theme and "File Manager", you should be able to delete all contents of a folder by dragging a box around all the files/folders you wish to delete rather than deleting one at a time.

This cannot be done using Legacy File Manager or the File Manager in the old X and X2 themes.