[aclug-L] Re: IDONTLOVEYOU

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 18 May 2000, drbert wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Carl D Cravens <raven@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 3:22 PM
> 
> > 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.) 
> 
> i'm not sure what you mean -- 'pipe the find to' 
> please, an example . . . . 

find / -name core -ls | xargs rm

-jeff
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