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Old 02-24-2008
Simple rm commands in my server
Hi all,

I have PLESK to manage my virtual dedicated server. The most recent version left a favicon.ico file in all my domains and subdomains. I want to delete them without having to go into each individual folder.

So I'd like to remove favicon.ico from every subfolder of /var/www/vhosts/

I assume I can use the rm command somehow. But it's not something I can work out through trial and error. Deleting everything off my server would not be good.

Can someone help me please?

Thanks,
Travis
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Old 02-24-2008
use "trial and error" but instead of rm use echo to display the results.... after everything works like you want it change echo to rm...
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Old 02-24-2008
To find them:

find /var/www/vhosts -type f -name favicon.ico

To remove them:

find /var/www/vhosts -type f -name favicon.ico -exec rn {} \;
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Old 02-24-2008
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Originally Posted by sb008
find /var/www/vhosts -type f -name favicon.ico -exec rn {} \;
Can you please explain the steps in this?

I thought "rn" renames the file. Are you sure it's not "rm"?

Thanks
Travis
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Old 02-24-2008
It should be rm to remove files. To rename a file, you use the mv (move) command.
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