Shell script which cleans up a directory by deleting files that match particular patterns.
##Usage## Make Executable:
chmod u+x dirclean
Run Script:
dirclean [--test] ROOT_DIRECTORY PATTERN...
##Logic##
- Error Check:
- Program called w/ enough arguments, if not print usage message & failure exit status.
- Decode Args:
- if
--testspecified, find ROOT_DIRECTORY`, get list of patterns.
- Validate
ROOT_DIRECTORY:
- if invalid, print err w/ failure status.
- Loop Root Directory Entries:
- if entry regular file, determine if it matches
PATTERN - if match, print message: state file being deleted, then delete it (
rm FILENAME)
- On Success:
- Return value of
0(EXIT_SUCCESS)