Find and delete file or directory on Linux. Find and kill process by port on Windows

Posted on August 9, 2016, 9:37 pm

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LINUX : FIND AND DELETE FILE OR DIRECTORY

Syntax

find . -name "WHAT YOU WANT TO FIND" -exec rm -r -f {} \;

ex:

find . -name ".settings" -exec rm -r -f {} \;
find . -name ".project" -exec rm -r -f {} \;
find . -name ".classpath" -exec rm -r -f {} \;

find . -name "target" -exec rm -r -f {} \;
find . -name ".git" -exec rm -r -f {} \;
find . -name ".idea" -exec rm -r -f {} \;

find . -name ".gitattributes" -exec rm -r -f {} \;
find . -name ".gitignore" -exec rm -r -f {} \;

WINDOWS : FIND AND KILL PROCESS BY PORT

Syntax

netstat -a -o -n | findstr "LISTENING" | findstr ":XXXX"
taskkill /F /PID

XXXX : port number that you want to find

ex:

netstat -a -o -n | findstr "LISTENING" | findstr ":8080"
netstat -a -o -n | findstr "LISTENING" | findstr ":8080"

2252 : port number that i want to kill