On 2015-10-09, Marko Rauhamaa <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> $ rm $(find . <find-options-go-here>)
>
> This is not safe since find might return pathnames with spaces in
> them.
Good point.
> Also, the command fails if find should produce no matches.
I just tried, it with a pattern that produced no matches, and it
removed no files. That's what one would expect it to do. I admit the
message from rm is undesirable. :)
>> Or if you're using GNU find:
>>
>> $ find <find-options-go-here> -delete
>
> This is safe.
Agreed, that is a better answer. I've known for years that gnu find
has a -delete option, but I always forget to _use_ it.
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