On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 07:24:00 -0500, bruce wrote: > 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? It should work. The obvious thing to do would be to replace "-f" with "-v" and retry. Do you get any error message? _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx