On Wednesday 07 March 2007 03:12, Philippe Andersson wrote:
> Gordon Ross wrote:
> ...
>
> $ find DHbox* -name "*.dat" -o -name "*.pro" -exec rm -f {} \;
>
> would do. Omit the final "-exec..." to first check that it only
> catches those files you want to get rid of.If there are very many such files, execing a separate rm for each will be slow. The "|xargs rm" approach only invokes as many rm instances as it takes to handle the number of arguments present. It also frees you from the funky find -exec syntax, which many find confusing. > HTH > > Cheers. Bye. > > Ph. A. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
