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glurps
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 Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:33 pm Post subject: find -exec <?> |
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| Code: | /usr/mp3 jrb$ find /usr/mp3/test/ -type f -name '.*' -exec rm {}\;
find: missing argument to `-exec'
/usr/mp3 jrb$ find /usr/mp3/test/ -type f -name '.*' -exec rm \{\}\;
find: missing argument to `-exec' |
what am i doing wrong? |
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hjnenc
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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| leave a space between } and \; |
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glurps
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| thx |
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oberyno
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| Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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In zsh you could just do this: | Code: | | rm /usr/mp3/test/*(.) |
The (.) is a glob qualifier for regular files. |
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glurps
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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| i don't think this would remove files from any subfolders, then again i only know bash. |
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oberyno
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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Right, it would only remove things in the current directory. In zsh you can use ** to search recursively. | Code: | | rm /usr/mp3/test/**/*(.) |
Use *** to search across symlinks.
Edit: Add a . before the last * to remove all files that start with a dot as per your example. |
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