cleanup script needed
Jeff Beadles;X2568;61-215
jeff at quark.WV.TEK.COM
Thu May 11 14:56:09 AEST 1989
In article <19510 at adm.BRL.MIL> drears at PICA.ARMY.MIL (Dennis G. Rears (FSAC)) writes:
>
> /bin/find DIR -name "*.dvi" -exec rm -f {} \;
>
> DIR is the directory that is where you want to start from. The
>*.dvi must be enclosed in quotes. You might want to use the -i option of
>rm as opposed to -f depending upon application.
Rather than using '-exec rm -i {} \;', why not use:
'-ok rm {} \;'
That way, rm is not called for files that you don't want to remove.
-Jeff
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Jeff Beadles Utek Sustaining Engineering, Tektronix Inc.
jeff at quark.WV.TEK.COM
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