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hi,
   I want to write a shell script that will remove all copies of a
 file starting from one directory down to its subdirectories.

  Any hints , suggestions ???

ravi.

ravi> hi, I want to write a shell script that will remove all copies
ravi> of a file starting from one directory down to its
ravi> subdirectories.

Use find(1):

        find . -type f -name junkfile -exec rm -f {} \;

-- dtm

Quote:>hi,
>   I want to write a shell script that will remove all copies of a
> file starting from one directory down to its subdirectories.

>  Any hints , suggestions ???

Read the man page for find(1).
Your script will contain only one line :-)

Dan
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A better approach (which I just got flamed for *not* suggesting
over on comp.unix.misc) is to use the find ... -print | xargs
technique.  All this is assuming that the copies to be deleted
have the same name as the original file, of course.

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sure try this:
find ./ -name $1 -exec rm $1 {} \;

(I think, this is what I use to rm core dumps in directories)
You don't even have to put it in a shell script, just alias it.

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