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Re: Unix command(s) to remove files recursively?



On 05/06/12 13:12, Slavko wrote:

very bad idea, if the file name has spaces…

Try:

find . -name '*~' -print0 | xargs -0 rm

replace the '.' by your paths..., you can add the '-f' option to rm, to
avoid error messages, if something will be wrong (directory with name '*~'
and '*~' files in it)


or you could just use the -delete option in find.  Much simpler.

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Chris Bannister


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