From: Seán O Sullivan Sent: August 4, 2006 17:10 > > Todd Cary wrote: > > I want to delete all files that have the pattern of "*.zip" in the > > directory /home/mydir and all sub-directories. > find /home/mydir -name "*.zip" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm > Or: find /home/mydir -name "*.zip" -type f -exec rm {} \; Regards, Hugh -- Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com