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Re: Delete 4 million files



On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:07:11PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I'm curious: where did people come up with the incongruous idea of using
> find/rsync/younameit rather than just use plain old `rm'?

It seemed like the OP could use a pocketful of general un*x
"how standard tools work together".  Maybe next time they'll
need a name pattern match or a timestamp comparison on the
fileset.

--Rob*

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