[solved] ~ files

Netsu · 2009-09-15 10:11:16

So I figure files ending with a ~ sign are some sort of previous versions of the text files they represent. I don't like them lying around everywhere so I figured that maybe I can remove them all on every shutdown. Is it safe to remove all such files from let's say /etc directory? /home directory? I mean the files corresponding to various configs.

The second issue is how to do it 'rm *~' will surely do if I only want to remove them from a single directory, but what if I want to delete all those files that are within my /home, no matter in what subdirectory they reside?

Last edited by Netsu (2009-09-15 10:26:11)

nesrecar · 2009-09-15 10:18:17

Thats a very ugly solution. Remove these once and it's done. These files are mostly backups from the original files, created by editors like vim. A "set backup off" in /etc/vimrc should do it.

Netsu · 2009-09-15 10:25:47

nesrecar wrote:

A "set backup off" in /etc/vimrc should do it.

Haven't thought of that i guess it's solved.

nesrecar · 2009-09-15 10:27:10

Add a [SOLVED] tag behind the topic, please. )

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[solved] ~ files

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Re: [solved] ~ files

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