Spam:****, Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] rm doesn't recurse

[David Camm]

try this:

find . -name '*.zip' -exec rm -f {} \;

the backslash-semicolon is required.

david camm
advanced web systems

Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> Paul Drew wrote:
> 
>> I would try a find and then run an xargs and rm the results.
>>
>> find . -name "*.zip" | xargs rm {}
>>
>>
> Did the job and then returned:
> rm: cannot remove `{}': No such file or directory
> But it worked.
> 
> Thanks
> Bobby
> 
> 
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