[TriLUG] stupid 'rm' question

[Roy Vestal]

I use rm -rf ".#*" and it has worked in the past for me.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Merrill" <cmerrill at nc.rr.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] stupid 'rm' question


> John Turner wrote:
> > The wildcard expansion only works one time. So the "rm -r" only applies
> > to directories that match with wildcards.
>
> That explains why it didn't work but didn't complain, either.
>
> And guess what?
>    "rm -rf * .#*"  doesn't work either (he says while restoring deleted
files from CVS....)
>
> > This means you have to use find to do what you are trying.
>
> drat!
>
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