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July 1st, 2008, 06:11 PM

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Empty Remote Folder Via Shell Script

I want to empty a folder on a web server via shell script. My current code doesn't work.

Code:

rm myusername@ssh.mydomain.com:./public_html/images/*.*

What would be the correct way?

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July 1st, 2008, 09:03 PM

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Howabout using ssh to execute a remote command?

Code:

ssh myusername@somesite.com 'rm ./public_html/images/*.* && exit'

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