Delete all files but keep all directories in a bash script?

Question

I\'m trying to do something which is probably very simple, I have a directory structure such as:

dir/
    subdir1/
    subdir2/
        file1
        file2
              


        

Answer 1

find dir -type f -exec rm {} \;

where dir is the top level of where you want to delete files from

Note that this will only delete regular files, not symlinks, not devices, etc. If you want to delete everything except directories, use

find dir -not -type d -exec rm {} \;