what i do wrong, find grep rm, help me plz

djdes22 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008

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 :?

danmero · #2 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by djdes22

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 {} \;

djdes22 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by danmero

Why you need grep ? Read man find

Code:

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

doesnt work

not deleted.

root@des:/media/2008-04-26/des# ls
Deepslauter-Rock_Em_All-(Reissue)-2007-VERiTAS Enjae-Enjae-2006-SMO

root@des:/media/2008-04-26/des# find /media/2008-04-26/des/ -type d -name "2006" -exec rm -rf {} \;

root@des:/media/2008-04-26/des# ls
Deepslauter-Rock_Em_All-(Reissue)-2007-VERiTAS Enjae-Enjae-2006-SMO

redhead · #4 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008

find /path/to/dir/-07/ -type d -name "*2006*" -exec rm -rf {} \;

djdes22 · #5 (**permalink**) 04-28-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by redhead

find /path/to/dir/-07/ -type d -name "*2006*" -exec rm -rf {} \;

ohh working! BIG thx all

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