It really blew my mind when Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> #!/bin/sh
> for file in thing.mp3 pants.txt yer.rtf others.html; do
> find . -name $file | xargs rm -f
> done
Thats no good. You've got a pipe that you don't need. Try this:
#!/bin/sh
for file in thing.mp3 pants.txt yer.rtf others.html; do
find . -name $file -exec rm -f {} \;
done
:-)
Erik
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"Python is the most efficient language I've ever used. It's 10 times
better than any of the other tools I have used. It's free, it's
object-oriented, it adapts to everything, it runs on everything. There
is almost an indescribable 'quality without a name' attraction on my
part." --Bruce Eckel, Author of Thinking in Java
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