Re: Recursively delete

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>I would do tihs
>
>find . -type f -name "*.o" -print | more
>
>Do that first to see what you will be deleting. If it all looks good, then
>
>find . -type f -name "*.o" -exec rm -f () \;
>or
>find . -type f -name "*.o" -print | xargs rm -f
>
>(both will do the same thing, the second one is easier for me to remember).

I guess it is easier, since it is {} not () that find uses to pass the found
value.

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