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From: David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 11:36:17
Message-Id: 20100522123510.3f17eef6@karnak.local
1 On Sat, 22 May 2010 10:10:02 +0200, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
2 [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness:
3
4 >On Fri, 21 May 2010 21:49:49 -0400, Daniel D Jones wrote:
5 >
6 >> find -name *.ext | xargs -0 rm
7 >>
8 >> I get the result:
9 >>
10 >> rm: cannot remove `Long File Name One.ext\nLong File Name
11 >> Two.ext\nLong File Name Three.ext\n': File name too long.
12 >
13 >xargs can suck with anything but plain ASCII-without-spaces filenames.,
14 >and it quite unnecessary here.
15 >
16 >find -name *.ext -exe rm "{}" \;
17 >
18 >or maybe even
19 >
20 >find -name *.ext -exe rm "{}" +
21
22 Or simpler still:
23
24 find -name *.ext -delete
25
26 --
27 Regards,
28
29 Dave [RLU #314465]
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31 dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon)
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Re: [gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>