Re: Recursively delete

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>From: Jack Wang <jwus2001@xxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Recursively delete

>
>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
>
     Try "find .  -name "*.o"  -exec rm <> \;"

find is your friend....


Best regards.				 
Tony Preston
apreston at comcast.net
2004-01-17




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