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Old 04-28-2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by djdes22 View Post
hello.
i need find folders only with name 2006 and delete.

find /path/to/dir/-07/ -type d | grep 2006 | -exec rm -rf {} \;

and etc doesnt work :\
what i do wrong :?
Why you need grep ? Read man find
Code:
find /path/to/dir/-07/ -type d -name "2006"  -exec rm -rf {} \;