Quick scripting question

[Chris]

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 13:52:55 -0400
Todd Zullinger <tmz at pobox.com> wrote:

> Chris wrote:
> > How would I script removing a file (globally) ?
> 
> Very carefully. :)
> 
> > Meaning, say the file name test however, it's in multiple
> > directories throughout the system without having to go into each dir
> > manually.
> 
> This would find any file named test and remove it, by trawling the
> filesystem:
> 
> $ find / -name test | xargs rm
> 
> If the file you want to find has spaces or other odd characters in it,
> you may need to use:
> 
> $ find / -name test -print0 | xargs -0 rm
> 
> You could also use locate instead of find, which would save traversing
> the filesystem, but wouldn't catch files created since the locate db
> was updated last.
> 

Thank you sir!

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Best regards,
Chris
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