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Old 04-20-2005, 09:56 PM   #1
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delete file

how to delete a file from every dir?

am root on the server.

Something like

del file.ext /s

but for linux?

thanks.
 
Old 04-20-2005, 10:11 PM   #2
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Code:
find / -name "file.ext" -exec rm {} \;

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