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 >   I have a quick question. I have a directory structure,
 >   including multiple levels of directories underneath. I
 >   want to "rm" the first 2 levels and retain the rest. It
 >   is probably a simple option, but input from the outside

        rm * */*

Be careful ;-)

Heiner
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+       I have a quick question. I have a directory structure, including
+       multiple levels of directories underneath. I want to "rm" the
+       first 2 levels and retain the rest. It is probably a simple
+       option, but input from the outside world help. Besides, I want
+       to test the efficiency of our news group. :-)

Use mv to pull the third level up to the root (thereby pulling all
the rest along with it) and then "rm -r" the original two levels.
You cannot simply chop levels out of the middle of the tree and
expect the "dangling root" to search upwards and attach itself to a
dangling leaf...  :-)

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