help with command line deletion

David Herren david at idiomatrix.com
Tue Apr 17 03:37:26 PDT 2007


On Apr 17, 2007, at 11:38 AM, Norman Gray wrote:

> Something like
>
> % find . -name .indelible-info -print0 | xargs -0 rm -R
>
> is the general pattern for this sort of thing.

We have a winner!

once a few permissions things were sorted out, this worked perfectly  
and I recovered just under a gig on a very tight disc. Thanks to  
everyone.


/david

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david herren - shoreham, vt, us na terra solsys orionarm

Candidate for 11th Commandment: "Thou
shalt not dump thy lover by text."



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