[K12OSN] shell script to remove contents of several files

[cliebow at midmaine.com]

you could cd /var /mail or something
and ls>/tmp/users to get a list of people
then read em one at a time
cat /tmp/users|while read userdude ;do
rm -rf some stuff from $userdude
echo "removing junkies from $userdude"
done
roub but you can adapt iy to suit
> Hello All,
>
> Due to the fact ,that I am not smart enough, would someone be able to
> give an example of a shell script that would remove the contents of each
> users, email folder,( but of course leave the user's folder on the
> system). I'm wanting to "clean out" everyone's email at the end of the
> school year.
> In other words something like delete contents
> of /var/mail/allusers<folder contents>.
> I'm not sure of correct syntax of "rm" or "shred"
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Barry Cisna
>
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