On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 13:13, Joe Nestlerode wrote: > I'm trying to write a simple script to search a directory tree for a > file pattern (specified as an argument with a wildcard, ie, testfile* or > *.jpg), and then delete matching files after first prompting the user > for a y/n. (yes=delete, no=don't delete, find the next match)
Try for i in `find . -name '*.jpg'`; do rm -i $i;done Those are reverse quotes. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
