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From: rbj@dsys.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: cleanup script needed
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Date: 4 Apr 89 14:42:17 GMT
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? From: David Haynes <david@torsqnt.uucp>
? Date: 6 Mar 89 00:22:17 GMT

? In article <9793@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:
? :In article <15659@oberon.USC.EDU> rkumar@buddha.usc.edu () writes:
? :>Will rm -r *.dvi do the job?
? :
? :No, try	"find . -name '*.dvi' -print | xargs rm".
? :
? Why not, 	"find . -type f -name '*.dvi' -exec rm {} \;" 	?

? -david-

As has been pointed out, the xargs version is much better. However, in
our never ending search for creeping featurism, perhaps it is time to
add `-rm' to the list of find options. We already have `-ls'.

	Catman Rshd <rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov>
	Author of "The Daemonic Versions"