Remove multiple folders based on name in one command

anon091 · 09-11-2009, 04:20 PM

why do the periods need to go before the stars? is that another quirk of bash?

anon091 · 09-11-2009, 04:23 PM

When i put periods before the stars for a set of folders i know exist, when doing just the find part, it doesn't return the right results. its only works without the periods.

druuna · 09-11-2009, 04:30 PM

I edited post #15 while you replied......

anon091 · 09-11-2009, 04:32 PM

OK, so me getting those messages is really harmless then due to the way find works?

druuna · 09-11-2009, 04:34 PM

They are harmless.

Try running the command again, without the -exec part. I predict that no dirs are found.

anon091 · 09-11-2009, 04:42 PM

yeah, its actually going through and deleting them with the original command, just wasn't sure about the error messages, seemed kinda odd. thanks.