[ale] delete all files but leave folder structure intact

[lists at serioustechnology.com (Geoffrey Myers)]

Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> Friends:
>  
> On the Windoze DOS world there is a command I can type del  /s /f /q xyz 
> (where xyz is a folder)..
>  
> This will delete all the files only and leaves the folder structure intact.
>  
> How can I accomplish this in the linux world ?

find $DIR -type f -print|xargs rm

>  
> Thanks
>  
> -Narahari
> 
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