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graysky

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syntax to delete all .ogg files recursively [solved]

I'm wondering how to go about recursively deleting all .ogg files from an entire directory structure.

Would something like this do it?

find /mount/point -name '*.ogg' -type f -exec rm '{}' \;

Last edited by graysky (2009-06-07 17:08:18)

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seppo0010

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Re: syntax to delete all .ogg files recursively [solved]

You can create a folder and test it, before running it seriously.
I've done it more than once like this

rm -f `find /mount/point -name \*.ogg`

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Re: syntax to delete all .ogg files recursively [solved]

Why not just

find /path/ -name *ogg -exec rm {} \;

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Re: syntax to delete all .ogg files recursively [solved]

find . -name "*.ogg" -delete

Edit: if you use bash4 or zsh

for f in **/*.ogg; do rm "$f"; done

Edit: Use at your own risk, test before you try it on real data.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2009-06-07 13:48:27)

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kludge

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Re: syntax to delete all .ogg files recursively [solved]

Why not just

find /path/ -name *ogg -exec rm {} \;

damn.  is there an o'reilly book about 'find' yet?  there should be.  i read the man page not too long ago and realized that it's a whole damned file-manager unto itself.

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Mr.Elendig

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Re: syntax to delete all .ogg files recursively [solved]

Why not just

find /path/ -name *ogg -exec rm {} \;

damn.  is there an o'reilly book about 'find' yet?  there should be.  i read the man page not too long ago and realized that it's a whole damned file-manager unto itself.

`man find` and search for '-delete'

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2009-06-07 15:36:18)

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lucke

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Re: syntax to delete all .ogg files recursively [solved]

With zsh and probably bash 4:

rm /mount_point/**/*.ogg

Last edited by lucke (2009-06-07 15:47:06)

graysky

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Re: syntax to delete all .ogg files recursively [solved]

Thanks for the replies, all.  My original line did work.  Maybe I need to have a look at bash4 since the code is a bit leaner, but I am no bash 3 expert by any means

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jordz

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Re: syntax to delete all .ogg files recursively [solved]

With the GNU find you can just use -delete