remove/delete files with dots "." in the name..

[bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.

Test file with a name of:

67.205.168.80_PID.dat

find . -name '*.dat' -exec ls {} \;
displays the file

but
find . -name '*.dat' -exec rm -f {} \;
doesn't delete it.

thoughts?

thanks
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