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Re: rm -r

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From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: rm -r
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 16:41:49 +0100
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On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 16:31:34 +0100, Claus Alboege wrote:
> Could anyone tell me a way to make the following work from a z-shell:
> 
> rm -rf *.o (this dosn't work)
> 
> What I want is to remove all .o files recursive , but the "-r switch" in
> the above isn't a correct way to do it.

rm -f **/*.o

or with *** instead of ** to follow the links.

See man zshexpn...

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References:
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