Re: Recursively delete

[Bill Adkins <billa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try this command. Make sure you are in the correct directory.

find .-name "file*" -exec rm -f {} \;


At 09:15 AM 1/15/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> If I want to recursively delete a type of file, e.g.,
> all *.o files in subdirectories, what should I do?
>
> rm -r can only be used to delete directories, right?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jack
>
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