Shell – Recursively delete hidden directory & its files

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I want to delete all hidden directoris from a directory and its sub-directory.
I also use rm -rf .directory_name this command is iterative command I want to a recursive command.
Please anybody help me??

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It sounds like you want something like this (although it's not clear what you mean when distinguishing "iterative command" from "recursive command", since rm -rf is both recursive and iterative):

find . -type d -name '.[^.]*' -prune -exec echo rm -rf {} +

Once you're happy, remove echo from the option arguments to -exec to remove the listed directories.

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