Matthias Rogel wrote:
> I prefer
>
> find . -name "abc*" -type f -ok rm {} ';'
>
> mr
>
> Eric Parker wrote:
>
>> Another solution (assuming the filename is "abc<unknown
>> characters>xyz.dbf")
>> is to enter
>>
>> rm -i abc*xyz.dbf
>>
>> then pressing y or n appropriately as prompted.
>>
>> eric
One thing to note: these two will act differently if you have
subdirectories under your current directory. The 'find' will recurse
subdirectories; the 'rm' will not. That makes the 'find' command
potentially dangerous as it goes about removing more than you thought
... or since you have the '-ok', having to respond to more questions.
Received on Mon Nov 04 2002 - 10:47:17 CST
