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From: fisher@sc2a.unige.ch
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: how do you do this?
Message-ID: <1991Feb28.094938.375@sc2a.unige.ch>
Date: 28 Feb 91 07:49:38 GMT
References: <1991Feb27.072015.7027@ucselx.sdsu.edu>
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
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In article <1991Feb27.072015.7027@ucselx.sdsu.edu>, butler@saturn.sdsu.edu (Michael Butler) writes:
> Does anyone know how to do the following in a msdos environment?
> find . -name '*.bak' -exec rm {} ;

You can use exactly (or almost exactly) the same syntax under msdos if you
have taken the time to download the needed unix-like tools from any good
archive site (e.g. Simtel20's directory [MSDOS.UNIX]).  Several improved
delete tools would acomplish the same thing, although with another syntax.

For non-unix persons, the above means:
find [all files in the] . [current directory and below, matching the] -name
'*.bak' [and] -exec[ute the command] rm [i.e. del, on all these files] {} ;

Under dos, the furthest you can go is finding all the *.bak on a physical drive
(chkdsk /v | find "*.BAK"), but you'll need a way to add the "del" in front of
every line...

Markus Fischer, Dpt of Anthropology, Geneva CH