Remove directory contents but not directory itself

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07/30/2007
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$ find directory_name -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} \;

where -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} \; deletes the directory files while -mindepth 1 avoids deleting the directory itself.

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