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| From: | Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Any way around "Argument list too long"? | ||
| Date: | Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:57:53 | ||
| Message-Id: | CAN0CFw3wQnP9GErb8R+gvnazE0wKMvqzT8=p+yaaPKp4_BNbzQ@mail.gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] Any way around "Argument list too long"? by Neil Bothwick |
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| 1 | >> Alright, find is tricky. Is this the right spot for -delete? |
| 2 | >> |
| 3 | >> /usr/bin/find /home/user -type f -name "*-`/bin/date -d 'yesterday' |
| 4 | >> +\%Y\%m\%d`*.jpg" - delete |
| 5 | > |
| 6 | > Yes, but if you don't want irreversible mistakes, move the files instead. |
| 7 | > |
| 8 | > find /home/user -type f -name blah -exec mv -t ~/.Trashcan "{}" + |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Thanks Neil and everyone. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | - Grant |