On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 15:26:42 +0100
Dr Eberhard Lisse <nos...@lisse.na> wrote:
> find ~/ -name '*-lyxformat-*.lyx' -exec rm {] \;
Danger Will Robinson!
I personally would never run a one-liner that does deletions. My pencil
has an eraser because I make mistakes. A mistake with such a one liner
could do horrible things. I'd do something like this:
find ~/ -name '*-lyxformat-*.lyx' > danger.sh
### Edit danger.sh, prepend each line with "rm "
### Completely check danger.sh
. ./danger.sh
My way is sort of like "What you see is what you get." The 1liner way
is more like "You asked for it, you got it."
Did I mention that I make mistakes.
SteveT
Steve Litt
July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques
of the Successful Technologist
http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
