#!/bin/bash home_dir="/home/git" echo "Danger!!! Data Loss" while true; do read -p "Do you wish to delete all directories (except gitolite-admin.git) from $home_dir/repositories/ (y/n) ?: " yn case $yn in [Yy]* ) sh -c "find $home_dir/repositories/. -maxdepth 1 -not -name 'gitolite-admin.git' -not -name '.' | xargs rm -rf"; break;; [Nn]* ) exit;; * ) echo "Please answer yes or no.";; esac done