On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 12:37:28PM +0200, Klemens Nanni wrote: > We support -delete since the following and I see no reason to prefer the > current examples for the very same reasons tedu already outlined: > > find.c revision 1.21 > date: 2017/01/03 21:31:16; author: tedu; state: Exp; lines: +10 -4; > add -delete option which can simplify the common case of wanting to > delete > lots of files without the arcane -exec or error prone xargs. > code from freebsd. > ok millert > > CAVEATS even goes into detail wrt. removing special files, so no > information seems to be lost with this diff.
I think it's mostly a matter of portability but also of taste. If I remember correctly, doing something like what you suggest (and other tweaks to the examples) was discussed and rejected at the time the -delete option was added: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=148342051832692&w=2
