How about find directory -name ".htaccess" -exec rm -f {} \; To be sure, you can list out the files first find directory -name ".htaccess" -exec ls -ls {} \; Peter Chiu -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donna Appleget Sent: 12 May 2004 16:16 To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: rm Does anyone know how to delete files with the same name recursively? I update my web mirror site every night going from a Frontpage enabled site that I admin to a remote site where I only have user privilidges. I have to delete those lovely .htaccess files out of every web in order to view the files on the remote/mirror site. I wish I could do this: rm -R .htaccess and have it delete all of them at once. Does anyone know of a way to make this work? d -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list