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Subject: Re: cleanup script needed
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Date: 5 Mar 89 19:06:59 GMT
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find . \( -name "*.dvi*" -o -name "*.aux*" \) -ok rm {} \;

should do it - if you don't want to confirm every 'rm' command, use
-exec instead of -ok.  See the manual page!!