Deleting content of folder with shell script

Question

Im having problems trying to empty a folder in my script. This is working in my command line: ``` rm -r Folder1/Folder2/* ``` But if in my script I do this: ``` DIR="Folder1/Folder2/" rm -r "$DIR*" ``` It says "rm: Folder1/Folder2/*: No such file or directory", where is the problem? Im running the script in the same folder as I tried the command.

Accepted Answer

Glob expansion doesn't happen inside quotes.

Try:

```
rm -r -- "$DIR"*
```

(Just make really sure you don't put a space after the quotes.)

Deleting content of folder with shell script

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