[K12OSN] OT Help with file deletion script

[Jim Kronebusch]

> Remove the "do" from line 10 and the "done" from line 13. The
> if ...
> then
> .
> .
> .
> else
> .
> .
> fi
> 
> is sufficient grouping.

Funny, I did that already :-)  Here is what I have now:

#!/bin/sh
cd /home
for userdir in `ls -C1`
do
  echo Working on $userdir...
  cd /home/$userdir
  for deleteme in `ls -C1 -a`
  do
   if [ $deleteme != mail ] || [ $deleteme != .openwebmail ]
    then
      echo Removing $deleteme...
      rm -ri $deleteme
    else echo "Oops, encountered "$deleteme", not deleting!"
    fi
  done
done

I pulled the extra [ and ] from line 8 as well.  Otherwise it gave me errors like so all
the way through and didn't remove anything:

./homedir_purge: 16: [[: not found
./homedir_purge: 16: [[: not found
Oops, encountered .update-manager-core, not deleting!
./homedir_purge: 16: [[: not found
./homedir_purge: 16: [[: not found
Oops, encountered .update-notifier, not deleting!
./homedir_purge: 16: [[: not found
./homedir_purge: 16: [[: not found
Oops, encountered Videos, not deleting!
./homedir_purge: 16: [[: not found
./homedir_purge: 16: [[: not found
Oops, encountered .Xauthority, not deleting!

But now it removes everything and doesn't pay attention to the 2 exceptions.

I am reading some script tutorials right now.  Other suggestiosn?

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