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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any way around "Argument list too long"?
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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>> Alright, find is tricky. =A0Is this the right spot for -delete?
>>
>> /usr/bin/find /home/user -type f -name "*-`/bin/date -d 'yesterday'
>> +\%Y\%m\%d`*.jpg" - delete
>
> Yes, but if you don't want irreversible mistakes, move the files instead.
>
> find /home/user -type f -name blah -exec mv -t ~/.Trashcan "{}" +

Thanks Neil and everyone.

- Grant