Need to remove files distributed throughout system.

DanTaylor · 04-03-2006, 11:07 PM

I was working on a script and accidentally created files named 'base' that got distributed throughout my filesystem. My question is this - are there any system files that are named 'base' that I need to make sure I don't remove? I was just going to write another script that would go through and take them all out, but I wasn't sure I wouldn't ruin anything.

GrueMaster · 04-04-2006, 12:57 AM

An easy way to find out is to use find. "find / -name base" will return all files and subdirectories matching that name. From there you can figure out if global deletion is going to work.

To delete, append "-exec rm {} \;" to the find command above.

DanTaylor · 04-04-2006, 06:36 PM

Thanks for the help.

lurker79 · 04-05-2006, 05:15 AM

I would append -ok rm {} \;
instead of exec as ok will prompt you before it runs rm on those files just in case.