>Try this command. Make sure you are in the correct directory.
>
>find .-name "file*" -exec rm -f {} \;
^
|
oops
Technically, the above won't work, but this will:
find . -name "file*" -exec rm -f {} \;
The specific request would be:
find . -name \*.o -exec rm -f {} \;
With the above, one has to be in the correct starting directory, otherwise
replace the "dot" with the starting path.
MB
>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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