[plug] deleting stuff in batches

[Stuart Midgley]

find . -name "*.wma" -exec rm {} \;




On 10/11/2005, at 21:32, Meryon Montgomery wrote:

> Hi, I trying to find a solution to a problem. At work (a school)  
> the students have developed an annoying habit of hiding their music  
> (which wastes an absolute shitload of space) on the server (debian  
> sarge). I can find it easily enough using the command
>
> find | grep .wma
>
> and changing the extension for other file types. What I would like  
> to know is how to pipe that output into a command/function that  
> will then delete the files. I could then clean up the server in one  
> hit rather than in a piece meal manner. Does anyone know how to do  
> it? I plan on setting up a script to do, possibly as a cronjob.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Monts


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