Paul Zimdars wrote:

I was wondering how I could easily delete 1 specific file throughout several subdirectories without having to type rm <filename> in each subdirectorie.

I tried rm -r Makefile-noedit from the top level and it just says Makefile-noedit : No such file or directory.

if I got to each subdirectory and do rm Makefile-noedit it works.

Try: find <dir> -name <filename> -exec rm {} \: Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

find . -type f -name 'Makefile-noedit' -exec rm -f '{}' \; That will remove all files named Makefile-noedit from the current directory and below. Check out the manpage on find. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Zimdars" To: Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 5:06 PM Subject: [SLE] Delete

Simple question,

I was wondering how I could easily delete 1 specific file throughout several subdirectories without having to type rm <filename> in each subdirectorie.

I tried rm -r Makefile-noedit from the top level and it just says Makefile-noedit : No such file or directory.

if I got to each subdirectory and do rm Makefile-noedit it works.

Thanks,

Paul

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