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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.gi.net!news.aristotle.net!usenet From: cshivers@aristotle.net Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Stupid Question Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 23:26:39 GMT Organization: Aristotle Internet Access Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4pa6r4$1lg@socrates.aristotle.net> References: <31b82713.17325318@news.newreach.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: twenty2.aristotle.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 entropy@newreach.net (Dave A. Flanigan) wrote: >Is there a simple command that I can use in BSDI to telete every >occurance of a particular filename? Like if I wanted to delete every >rhosts file on my system, any other file. > > I figured some varation of Find would work, but I cannot seem >to put together one that works... and I am loth to experiment to much. > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > Dave Look at the manpage for find. Of course, be very careful when using this command or you will delete more than you would like.