Re: Recursively delete all subdirectories

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.invalid)
Date: 07/31/05 

Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 04:41:35 GMT

On comp.unix.shell, in <dchcpm$juj$1@skeeter.ucdavis.edu>,
"Mr. Question" wrote:

> Emacs is set (on my system) to place all backups in a .backups
> directory.
>
> How can I recursively delete every .backup subdirectory in
> /home/test?
>
> Thanks.

rm -rf $(find /home/test -type d -name "*.backup")

Replace $(...) with `...` if you are not using a POSIX shell.
Those are backticks, not single quotes.

HTH,

AC

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