May 2017
Beginner
552 pages
28h 47m
English
Content preview from Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
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Deleting based on file matches
The find command's -delete flag removes files that are matched instead of displaying them. Remove the .swp files from the current directory:
$ find . -type f -name "*.swp" -delete