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- Path: sparky!uunet!zeos!kgermann
- From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
- Subject: Re: executing down directory tree
- Organization: Zeos International, Ltd.
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 12:10:39 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.121039.14799@zeos.com>
- References: <_a4m!xr.bosak@netcom.com>
- Lines: 38
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- In article <_a4m!xr.bosak@netcom.com> bosak@netcom.com (Jon Bosak) writes:
- >
- >Ken Germann writes:
- >
- >KG> In article <5550@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> tdunbar@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (Thomas
- >KG> Dunbar) writes:
- >KG>
- >KG> >
- >KG> >how to i do a certain task in the current directory and all it's sub-
- >KG> >directories? i'd like to be able to do:
- >KG> > global rm *~
- >KG> >to remove backup files.
- >KG> > thomas
- >KG>
- >KG> rm -r <sub-dir>
-
- I missed the part the ~ tilde.
-
- rm -r <subdir>/*~ should remove all the file in the subdirectory and below
- that have a tilde in them .
-
-
- >
- >I do hope that this was just the result of a hasty reading on Mr.
- >Germann's part and not some kind of cruel joke. Totally destroying
- >his subdirectory tree was clearly not what the original poster had in
- >mind.
- >
- >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
- > Jon Bosak Sunnyvale, California : bosak@netcom.com jbosak.novell.com
- >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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