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HOWTO: Recursively delete matching files on the Linux command line

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Austen

An easy way to recursively delete files matching a particular pattern is to use this one liner: find | grep "search" | perl -nle unlink UPDATE – Another handy one liner to recursively delete directories is: rm -rf `find . … Continue reading →

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