[TriLUG] find and rm command
Paul D. Boyle
boyle at laue.chem.ncsu.edu
Thu Jul 15 15:18:32 EDT 2004
I previously wrote:
>
> A triluger wrote:
> >
> > Find /home/directory/ -name thumbs.db -exec rm {}/ -rf
>
> try:
>
> find /home/directory -name "thumbs.db -exec rm -rf {} \;
^ omit this ", typographical error.
Paul
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