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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:05 pm    Post subject: Delete files Reply with quote
List files with extension .doc in tesdir1 + subdirs:
Quote:
ix:~$ find ./testdir1 -name "*.doc" -exec ls {} \;
./testdir1/testdir2/file2.doc
./testdir1/file1.doc


Remove those files:
Quote:
nix:~$ find ./testdir1 -name "*.doc" -exec rm -i {} \;
rm: remove regular empty file `./testdir1/testdir2/file2.doc'? y
rm: remove regular empty file `./testdir1/file1.doc'? y

the -i switch to rm makes it ask for confirmation; without it, it would just delete;

rm -r is apparently only to remove directories (+ their contents), not individual files within them, that is maybe why the combination -r and *.doc doesn't work
-r, -R, --recursive
remove directories and their contents recursively
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