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Useful unix/grid commands that I use a lot but somehow forget.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Using find to delete files

I pretty much always forget how to use find. So here's how you delete a bunch of files (handy for those of us who sync things from a mac to a linux box):

find . -type f -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm -f {} \;

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