Remove tiddlywiki backup files from websupport
Use SFTP with regular expressions to bulk-remove TiddlyWiki backup files from a web hosting server.
This first example removes a single TiddlyWiki backup file via SFTP using a heredoc to automate the session.
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sftp linuxinuse.com@linuxinuse.com << EOF
rm web/tw/index.20200430.153755.html
exit
EOF
Take advantage of regular expressions. Instead of deleting backup files one by one, use a glob pattern to match all timestamped backup files at once.
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sftp linuxinuse.com@linuxinuse.com << EOF
rm web/tw/index.[0-9\.]*.html
exit
EOF
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