Re: rm -r/-R/--recursive doesn't seem to work

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Subject: Re: rm -r/-R/--recursive doesn't seem to work
From: Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>
Date: 31 Dec 1996 14:53:37 -0600
Message-id: <[🔎] 87wwtyv3ji.fsf@slip-60-9.ots.utexas.edu>
In-reply-to: Don Prezioso's message of Tue, 31 Dec 1996 12:15:04 -0500 ()
References: <[🔎] Pine.WNT.3.95.961231120519.188A-100000@dprez.ashland.edu>

Don Prezioso <dprez@ashland.edu> writes:

> find . -name TRANS.TBL -exec rm {} \;

find . -name TRANS.TBL -print0 | xargs -0 rm

is better as it starts many fewer processes.


Guy


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