On 13Feb2017 06:43, Stephen Morris <samorris(a)netspace.net.au> wrote:
On 11/02/2017 22:24, bruce wrote:
>but
>find . -name '*.dat' -exec rm -f {} \;
>doesn't delete it.
>
>thoughts?
Just a thought, does the delete fail because your userid doesn't have
enough access to be able to delete them, hence you may have to do the delete
through sudo?
As long as he's using "rm -f" he'll never know.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au>