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what i do wrong, find grep rm, help me plz
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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 :?
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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
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find /path/to/dir/-07/ -type d -name "2006"  -exec rm -rf {} \;
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Why you need grep ? Read man find
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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
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find /path/to/dir/-07/ -type d -name "*2006*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
ohh working! BIG thx all
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