[aclug-L] Re: IDONTLOVEYOU

[Carl D Cravens <raven@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Clint A. Brubakken wrote:

> find / -name '*.[mg][pi][3f]' -exec rm -f {} \;

Inefficient with it's call to rm for every file.  Pipe the find to
'xargs rm -f'.  (xargs is your friend... once you discover it, you'll
wonder how you ever did without.) 
 
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Carl D Cravens (raven@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Life is complex. You know - part real, part imaginary.


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