On 05/06/12 11:42, Rodolfo Medina wrote: *posted to the list this time*
Suppose that I have, in a certain directory and all its subdirs and subdirs' subdirs' subdirs... etc., a certain number of files terminating with `~', e.g.: `myfile~', and that I want to remove all of them recursively. Is there a Unix command to do that right away?
find /my/top/level/directory -name '*~' -delete will do that for you. Try: find /my/top/level/directory -name '*~' -print to see what it'll remove. -- Chris Bannister