[plug] rm of contents
Cameron Patrick
cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au
Sun Mar 16 20:00:55 WST 2003
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 07:46:03PM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote:
| > find dir -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm
|
| find dir -type f -exec rm -f {} \;
Same thing, different meaning :P
| The -f is only needed if your system aliases rm with the -i option as a
| prophylactic measure. To find out, type `alias rm' (no quotes) at a prompt.
I woulda thought that aliases don't matter as find and xargs don't run rm in
an interactive shell?
CP.
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