Recursively delete hidden directory & its files?

Question

I want to delete all hidden directoris from a directory and its sub-directory. I also use rm -rf .directory_name this command is iterative command I want to a recursive command. Please anybody help me??

Solution

It sounds like you want something like this (although it's not clear what you mean when distinguishing "iterative command" from "recursive command", since rm -rf is both recursive and iterative):

find . -type d -name '.[^.]*' -prune -exec echo rm -rf {} +

Once you're happy, remove echo from the option arguments to -exec to remove the listed directories.

Comments

[unigeek]

I'd upvote that again if I could. Great answer!