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

[Stephen Morris <samorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/02/2017 22:24, 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?
Just a thought, does the delete fail because your userid doesn't have 
enough access to be able to delete them, hence you may have to do the 
delete through sudo?

regards,
Steve

> thanks
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