try this:
find /path/to/directory -name Thumbs.db -delete
or this:
find /path/to/directory -name Thumbs.db -print | xargs rm
Lisa
On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 21:36 +1000, Simon Ives wrote:
I've just copied a directory from my wife's Windows XP box to my Hardy
file server in preparation to
On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 21:36 +1000, Simon Ives wrote:
I've just copied a directory from my wife's Windows XP box to my Hardy
file server in preparation to reformat her PC to run Ubuntu solely. As
I copied the entire directory (her Windows XP user directory) along came
some annoying and
I've just copied a directory from my wife's Windows XP box to my Hardy
file server in preparation to reformat her PC to run Ubuntu solely. As
I copied the entire directory (her Windows XP user directory) along came
some annoying and unnecessary Windows files, specifically a whole heap
of files
Dave Hall wrote:
First bit of advice - never trust anyone telling you to run rm -rf
*snip*
find /path/to/windows-files -iname thumbs.db -exec rm -rf {} \;
Technically speaking there is no reason to need the -r (recursive)
flag with rm when using find to find and delete files (as find
itself is
On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 07:28 +1000, Daniel Mons wrote:
Dave Hall wrote:
First bit of advice - never trust anyone telling you to run rm -rf
*snip*
find /path/to/windows-files -iname thumbs.db -exec rm -rf {} \;
Technically speaking there is no reason to need the -r (recursive)
flag with rm
