CentOS - Aug 2006 - Computer 1A question

I want to delete all files that have the pattern of "*.zip" in the
directory /home/mydir and all sub-directories.

rm -Rf  /home/mydir/*.zip

produces an error.  What did I overlook?

Thanks.....

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Ariste Software
2200 D Street Ext
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 773-4523

what's the error you get?


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Subject: [CentOS] Computer 1A question


I want to delete all files that have the pattern of "*.zip" in the
directory /home/mydir and all sub-directories.

rm -Rf  /home/mydir/*.zip

produces an error.  What did I overlook?

Thanks.....

-- 
Ariste Software
2200 D Street Ext
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 773-4523


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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


Regards,

Sean