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From: jeff@quark.WV.TEK.COM (Jeff Beadles;X2568;61-215)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re:  cleanup script needed
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Date: 11 May 89 04:56:09 GMT
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In article <19510@adm.BRL.MIL> drears@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.
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