[SOLVED] Search directories recursively and delete a file with a certain name

maples · 05-22-2014, 03:37 PM

Hi,
I have a server that I use to backup everything to. I use both Windows and Linux clients. I Windows likes to throw in extra junk files, like "Thumbs.db" and "desktop.ini" and I would like to remove all of them on the server and the Linux clients. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks

descendant_command · 05-22-2014, 03:42 PM

Code:

find /path -name Thumbs.db -delete

Test it without the '-delete' first.
'man find' for more options.

Habitual · 05-22-2014, 03:45 PM

too slow. Gotta go.

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maples · 05-22-2014, 06:03 PM

Thanks! The 'find' command worked perfectly! I need to look into it some more...

Thanks again!