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I have directories with sub directories containing .srt files. I need to go through the directories and delete them all. I know how to find them like so:
find ./directory -name *.srt
but I'm not sure how to pipe them to rm.
Widgeteye
Posted 2017-06-09T16:52:19.827
Reputation: 164
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The syntax is a little bit tricky:
find ./directory -name "*.srt" -exec rm {} \;
pkk
Posted 2017-06-09T16:52:19.827
Reputation: 119
1it'd be nicer to use -delete – djsmiley2k TMW – 2017-06-09T17:00:40.583
1-exec rm {} \; spawns rm for every file. -exec rm {} + removes many files at once; -delete is the best because it doesn't create new processes, I believe. – Kamil Maciorowski – 2017-06-09T17:04:14.917
1@djsmiley2k though -delete isn't strictly portable, though BSD and GNU both support it. It isn't specified in POSIX though, but if you've got it that's the way to go – Eric Renouf – 2017-06-09T17:56:10.300
Here's what I used and it worked fine. Thanks to all those who answered and commented: find TV_Recordings/ -name "*.srt" -delete – Widgeteye – 2017-06-09T18:01:42.720
First of all you should quote
*.srtto avoid shell globbing. Without the quotes it will work as you expect only when there are no*.srtfiles in the current directory. – Kamil Maciorowski – 2017-06-09T16:57:31.297