[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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