H.Merijn Brand wrote: > Would it? Is {} the default arg somehow? > > find . -exec rm {} \; -name '*.txt' > ^^ > > would have given you at least loads of errors about the directories > that cannot be removed with rm :)
Got those with xargs, too, which was when I realized something had gone horribly, horribly wrong. -- Don't try the paranormal until you know what's normal. -- "Lords and Ladies" by Terry Prachett