[NTLUG:Discuss] Removing lots of Files - help.

[Fred James]

Pervaz Allaudin wrote:

> Pardom my ignorance - but would not
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> rm -rfv *.*~
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> also work just as well or would it necessarily be too dangerous.
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> Pervaz
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> Bobby Sanders wrote:

Options:
r = recursive (remove the contents of directories recursively)
f = force (ignore nonexistent files, never prompt)
v = verbose (explain what is being done)
Expression:
* = any number (including none) of any character
. = .
* = any number (including none) of any character
~ = ~
This would insist on a dot (.) somewhere before the tilde (~) - if there 
is no dot, there is no match - if that's what you want, cool.

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>> Thanks David.
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>> I don't to a _lot_ of administration, completely forgot about the exec
>> switch and was too dumb to think about doing man find. Yuk.
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>> Thanks again.
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>> Bobby
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>> --On Sun, 06 Apr 2003 13:49:33 -0500, David Camm 
>> <dcamm at advwebsys.com> said:
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>>  DC> find / -name '*~' -exec rm -f {} \;
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>> Bobby Sanders wrote:
>>  >> I want to remove all of the files on my system which end in
>>  >> tilde, ~.  I'm running bash, know this should be easy, have read
>>  >> lots of Cameron's book, which I love, but can't put my finger on
>>  >> this.
>>  >>  >> Help please.  Thanks.
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