Command to find a file pattern and delete it
If you connect a virus affected pendrive to your linux machine you would see .exe files. Those are the viruses.
Fortunately you can clean the pen drive in Linux and hence use the pen drive back in windows using the following command:
find . -name *.exe | xargs /bin/rm -f
can we use this to find Osama and delete him ?? I hope linux wont be affected by Osama
mean fiasco
November 12, 2008 at 1:16 pm
@Mean Fiasco
Osama or Obama ?
subbu
November 12, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Are they brothers ?
mean fiasco
November 14, 2008 at 2:03 pm
This is not deleting ones with spaces in the filenames.
Anjanesh
November 15, 2008 at 5:47 pm
@Anjanesh,
Yup. thanks for pointing that out
find . -name *.exe | xargs -0 /bin/rm -f
this one does delete the files with spaces also.
subbu
November 16, 2008 at 7:26 pm
@Mean Fiasco,
Imagine if Osama states in his next video release that Obama is indeed his man. And this election was his conspiracy.
subbu
November 16, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Future : Obama calls a press conference “I am Osama” !!
Super Future : Obama – “From today, I declare USA as a muslim state”
Immediate Present : Obama – find . -mean fiasco killhim_heknowstoomuch.exe | xargs -0 /bin/rm -f
muwhahahaha
mean fiasco
November 16, 2008 at 10:38 pm
@Mean Fiasco
Lol
subbu
November 22, 2008 at 8:04 pm