Script to move into each home and delete all .g* folders

[Robert Citek]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Mika Pflüger <mail at mikapflueger.de> wrote:
> And PLEASE: Before you run this, make a backup and try the command
> replacing "rm -rf" with "ls" -- it will show you what will be deleted.
> Check the list carefully, as I can't guarantee those one-liners are
> really what you need and if I understood you correctly.
> Note that with many users you might run into the "command line too
> long" error. Then we have to think about something else involving
> loops or "find"s

Here's another variation using "ls -lad" instead of "rm -rf":

students="foo bar bat"
for i in $students ; do
  echo ==$i
  cd /home/$i &&
  ls -lad .g*
done

Adjust the student= line to your list of students.  If the list of
folders looks good, then replace the "ls -lad" with "rm -rf".  And I
concur with Mika: make a backup first.

Good luck and let us know how things go.

Regards,
- Robert