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Old 05-13-2008
need to find fifo files
I need to be able to recursively find fifo files in a users home directory. What is the best way to do that.
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Old 05-13-2008
Code:
find /home/username -type p

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Old 05-14-2008
Hey Frankkahle

Its prity simple.... u can execute folowing command

# find /home | grep <the file name you wanna look for>

if you wanna see all of the files without filtering use bellow command
# find /home

-Anuradha
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Old 05-14-2008
taking the command further.
thats great, now what if i want to take those files it found and automatically delete them?

Frank
 
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