Delete files with .Z extension

[Glenn Bohrman]

I am trying to find a way to delete all files in a few different directories with .Z exetension in HP UX 11.11. I also have a few folders called archive that I would like to delete with a script rather than search for all of them.

[Pete Randall]

Try:

find /dir1 /dir2 -name "*.Z" -exec rm {} \;

-and-

find /dir1 -name archive -exec rm {} \;


Pete

[Bharat Katkar]

One more way to do it:

# find ./ -name *.Z -print | xargs rm

Regards,

[Alan Meyer_4]

To remove the ALL archive "folders";

find / -type d -name archive -exec rmdir {} \;

if you don't wish to remove ALL archive "folders", cd to the parent directory and change the command to;

find . -type d -name archive -exec rmdir {} \;

[Steve McClendon_1]

It might make sense to list the files and directories to verify that you are removing what you want to remove prior to running the commands above:

find /dir1 /dir2 -name "*.Z" -exec ls -ldb {} \+

-and-

find /dir1 -name archive -exec ls -ldb {} \+


Just a suggestion to save the headaches of accidently removing something you didn't intend, or to at least have a report of what is being removed for reporting purposes.

Also note the plus (+) at the end of the "find" command as opposed to a semicolon makes the find run much faster. I say this with all due respect to Pete and Alan.

Regards,
Steve