On Saturday, November 16, 2013 12:00:04 PM UTC-5, Ferrous Cranus wrote: > Στις 16/11/2013 6:46 μμ, ο/η YBM έγραψε: > > > Le 16.11.2013 17:30, Ferrous Cranus a écrit : > > >> Mark wrote: > > >> > > >>> If you have to deliberately post like this in an attempt to annoy > > >>> people, would you please not do so using double spaced google crap as > > >>> it's very annoying, thank you in anticipation. > > >> > > >> Sure thing Mark, here: > > >> > > >> root@secure [~]# find / -name python3.4 | rm -rf > > >> > > >> root@secure [~]# locate python3.4 > > >> /root/.local/lib/python3.4 > > >> /usr/local/include/python3.4m > > >> /usr/local/lib/libpython3.4m.a > > >> /usr/local/lib/python3.4 > > >> /usr/local/share/man/man1/python3.4.1 > > >> > > >> still there!!! > > > > > > You are utterly stupid: > > > > > > 1st: rm does not read its standard input so doing > > > whatever | rm -fr is useless > > > > > > 2st: even if it had worked (i.e. removed the files) they > > > would still appear with locate, as locate is just reading > > > a database build every day by updatedb (using find btw) > > > > > > What you want to do can be done this way : > > > > > > find / -name python3.4 -exec rm -rf {} \; > > > updatedb > > > locate python3.4 > > > > > > but you'd better go to hell first. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Even if you told me to go to hell i will overcome that and i need to > > thank you because this indeed worked. > > > > Why is this find / -name python3.4 -exec rm -rf {} \; > > > > different from: > > > > find / -name python3.4 | rm -rf > > > > Doesn't any command take its input via STDIN or from a text file or from > > another's command output? > > > > If the above was true then wouldn't linux displayed an error when i issued: > > > > find / -name python3.4 | rm -rf > > locate python3.4 | rm -rf > > > > The fact that it hasn't and it has indeed deleted many files proved that > > rm as an other linux command can take input from another's command output.
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