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Old 04-28-2008
what i do wrong, find grep rm, help me plz
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 :?
# 2  
Old 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 {} \;

# 3  
Old 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 workSmilie 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
Last edited by djdes22; 04-28-2008 at 12:26 PM..
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Old 04-28-2008
find /path/to/dir/-07/ -type d -name "*2006*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
# 5  
Old 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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