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



Am Dienstag, 5. Juni 2012 schrieb Rodolfo Medina:
> Hi.

Hi Rodolfo,

> 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?

On Z-Shell

rm **/*~

echo it first:

echo **/*~

Otherwise that find -delete solution mentioned already.

Ciao,
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