Discover and Optionally Delete Files with Find Command
Posted by Quinn McHenry in UNIX
How to discover files matching a find condition and delete them upon user confirmation.
To find all files with zero length and ask if they should be deleted:
find / -size 0 -ok rm {} \;
The backslash \ is important because it tells the shell to ignore the semicolon symbol which usually separates commands on a single command line.
About Quinn McHenry
Quinn was one of the original co-founders of Tech-Recipes. He is currently crafting iOS applications as a senior developer at Small Planet Digital in Brooklyn, New York.
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