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



Andrei POPESCU:
> On Ma, 05 iun 12, 12:01:13, rjc wrote:
>> 
>> P.S. While you're at it I suggest "man xargs" - you'll find it more
>> useful than "-exec" with certain uses of find.
> 
> Anything that '-exec {} +' can't do?

Yes. For example, with xargs you can control the number of arguments per
command invocation (-n) and the number of jobs to run in parallel (-P).

J.
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