On Friday, February 18, 2011 20:20:24 Luca Daniel wrote: > 1) The problem: I can't find an easy way to remove a type of file through > all sub-directories with GNU tool "rm" (remove). There is not an option to > search through all sub-folders , only in the current working directory. > Back when I used windows this was easy with the command : del /s *.pdf . > 2) The suggestion : please make an option for the "rm" command to look in > sub-directories so it can be easier to use and increase functionality . I > asked some people about this problem I have and the answer I got was not > pretty in the sense that it was not a pretty command =) . I can't > remember what is was because it was complicated (mixed with locate or > find) and this is the problem ... it should be simple . So please give > this a thought :) . I am an exclusive GNU/Linux user and all I miss from > windoze is the simplicity of a simple command or switch . > I found this e-mail in the man pages so I hope a don't bother anyone with > my message as for this is not a bug, only a feature that I wish to see > implemented sometime in the future. > If there is a way to do it with only "rm" or a simple command and I missed > it please reply , I would be grateful .
sorry, but this is out of scope for `rm`. what you want to do is trivial
already though:
find -name '*.pdf' -delete
-mike
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