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Linux Find and remove files from system

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find <path_to_search> -name "filespec" -exec rm -rf {} \;
e.g
remove all files and folders names temp from home folder
find ~/ -name "temp" -exec rm -rf {} \;

remove only files prefixed ._
find / -type f -name "._*" -exec rm -f {} \;

 
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Article ID: 4
Category: Linux
Date added: 16-12-2010 03:55:25
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