On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:40:44 -0700, Grant wrote:

> Alright, find is tricky.  Is this the right spot for -delete?
> 
> /usr/bin/find /home/user -type f -name "*-`/bin/date -d 'yesterday'
> +\%Y\%m\%d`*.jpg" - delete

Yes, but if you don't want irreversible mistakes, move the files instead.

find /home/user -type f -name blah -exec mv -t ~/.Trashcan "{}" +


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