On 13-Mar-2000 Bruce Stephens wrote: > find . -name '*.bak' -print0 | xargs -0 rm > > Please check the documentation for find and xargs to make sure you > understand what the above does! >
Absolutely; I don't believe in magic. Knowing how things work is more important to me than just knowing that it does. I use find to pipe output to cpio, for making backups of specific file types, (docs & dbfs), for l8r writing to a cd. I am absolutely ASTOUNDED at what I don't know about the tools I use every day. Thanks! Paul -- ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Paul Kallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 13-Mar-2000 Time: 17:19:57 Debian/GNU Linux (Potato) & XFMail ---------------------------------- Random Trekism: Women professionals do tend to over-compensate. -- Dr. Elizabeth Dehaver, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", stardate 1312.9. --- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.3a mQCNAziz+lIAAAEEAMFaz28Wb0tb53nl/sG7AvGQSMNvGuqhHS+0beHzjNWRFXKT iRUZ2HjT+0WUfkOGOd9N0MoDKQ/TXCPvx4cUtm7lDnX9GNIBdeP5Wpy6FS5XDJfL 49kktHtWZbshC3L9E0HdvxP0NGrpGEh1JxY5PL22eWZ9VycWlp9RNX/8WadlAAUT tChQYXVsIEthbGxzdHJvbSA8cGF1bEBzb2Z0cmFjYW1lcmljYS5jb20+iQCVAwUQ OLP6Up9RNX/8WadlAQGjogP/bB0uiqGYWTkyo5/vGeG6dhwDhU2Ua2RF0Yn/pJbg TG2o9WLfNzD4xlBP+dXh9bQ2LAR0zw2ZkFu8l78uqxU4YykiDhnADYJaIOWNXutB lxTqN817w020tMQcEcChUBT40WrqscHFmStVV4kuPft744JWfUB4h5BIZCFaDZw+ zgA= =er8j -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----