How to quickly delete all files with specific names

Conclusions

• You can use a combination of the readdir() + unlink() functions to remove directories containing millions of files.
• In practice, it is better to use rm -r /my/dir/ , because it does something more clever - it first builds a relatively small list of files in memory by calling readdir() several times, and then deletes files from that list. This allows you to alternate read and write loads more smoothly, which increases the deletion speed.
• To reduce system load, use in combination with nice or ionice. Or use scripting languages ​​and insert small sleep() in loops. Either generate a list of files via ls -l and pass it through

In the post "" I told you how to get rid of unnecessary files loading the server.

We needed to remove created by WordPress preview. But deleting each file one by one or selecting it in groups is a long and tedious task. How to delete all files at once from certain names? An excellent file manager Total Commander.

Total Commander – paid program, but even after a month free use the authors, understanding that not everyone has money, are not against you continuing to use it. The only “inconvenience” is that you need to press one of three buttons when starting the program. So, we delete many files at once with certain names with using Total Commander.

We launch the program and find the desired folder on the server (we will tell you how to use Total Commander as an FTP manager in one of the future posts). To select a specific group of files that meet any condition, you need to select from the menu: Selection – Select group or use " hotkey"Num+.

Now you need to specify a specific file mask. We create our template - click on the button of the same name.

Since all unnecessary previews have the form “file_name–size_x_size”, we indicate the “x” sign as a difference between the files. Click the Save button to save the template.

We name our created template and click OK.

Now to select files (Num+), select the created template ("Preview"). Click OK.

That’s basically it – all files matching the specified template are selected. Now you need to carefully review them so as not to delete an accidental required file, containing the sign "x". To deselect it, click while holding down the Ctrl key.

All you have to do is click on Delete key, confirm the deletion and wait until all unnecessary files corresponding to the given conditions. At quick removal many files with specific names or specific extension(format) you can use several templates.

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IN operating system Windows the same operation can be performed in different ways. Some people are used to managing computer resources using a mouse, others using a keyboard. To quickly delete a folder, you just need to understand which method is the easiest and most convenient for you.

Instructions

Have you ever been faced with the task of deleting a large amount of information from your computer? Surely it has stood at least once, and if not, then it will definitely happen, believe me. And anyone who has encountered this can tell you for sure that these are real hemorrhoids.

After all large volume- this is a lot of files located in many folders. These files, individually, different formats and sizes, some of them may be hidden, some limited access or even worse - password protected. And that's when you take it delete it all in the usual way , then all sorts of questions start popping up, like, “Are you sure you want to delete it?” or “This folder has a password, are you sure you want to delete it?” But it happens that you “hid and password-protected” all this a year ago and now you don’t remember anything, and you don’t even need to remember them, you just want to get rid of them. What if there are several dozen or even more such files?

This situation is familiar to me, since I do a lot of things on my computer and it often gets cluttered. Either I wanted to become a kung fu master and downloaded 50 gigabytes of videos, then I decided to learn English, downloading 80 gigabytes of various courses, then I wanted to move objects with my hands like a Jedi, and downloaded some other rubbish for 90 gigabytes. All in all, delete large amounts of information I have to often, because I’m always looking for myself in something new :) (and I’m not going to stop). the usual way sometimes takes several hours.

But, fortunately for me, I found a program with which you can delete a lot of information quickly. This program is called Fast Folder Eraser Free.

First you need to download it, for example from here.

After downloading, a window like this will pop up. Click "Run"

After which it goes standard installation which shouldn't cause any difficulties.

After the installation is completed and you click ready (or Finish), such a window will pop up in front of you. Click Accept.

In it, we must select the folder that we want to delete. To select a folder, click on the ellipsis button circled in red in the picture above.

After which a selection window will open in front of us.

The "insides" of the folder are opened double click, but when you get to the one you want, click on it once, and then click on OK.

That's it, we have selected the folder, now click Delete and the deletion process will begin.

Wow, I wanted to take a photo of the process, but didn’t have time! Everything was removed in less than two seconds! There were 242 songs, and they weighed more than a gigabyte. Let me give you an example. In the usual way, i.e. Right click mouse -> Delete, all this would have been deleted for me in about 5 minutes! So judge for yourself.

This is such an interesting program, and for some, like me, it’s also necessary.

That's all. Bye.