On Sat, 22 May 2010 10:10:02 +0200, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] xargs and rm funkiness:

>On Fri, 21 May 2010 21:49:49 -0400, Daniel D Jones wrote:
>
>> find -name *.ext | xargs -0 rm
>> 
>> I get the result:
>> 
>> rm: cannot remove `Long File Name One.ext\nLong File Name
>> Two.ext\nLong File Name Three.ext\n': File name too long.
>
>xargs can suck with anything but plain ASCII-without-spaces filenames.,
>and it quite unnecessary here.
>
>find -name *.ext -exe rm "{}" \;
>
>or maybe even
>
>find -name *.ext -exe rm "{}" +

Or simpler still:

find -name *.ext -delete

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Regards,

Dave  [RLU #314465]
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