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

[Greg Edwards]

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.
> 
> Bobby Sanders
> 

Here's 2 aliases I use.  These get both normal and hidden files.

alias clrbak='rm -f *~;rm -f .*~'

alias clrallbak='find . -name "*~" -exec rm -f "{}" ";"; find . -name 
".*~" -exec rm -f "{}" ";"'

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