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[Guest_imported]

this command seems to be not working in my system (aix 4,2.x). i want to get rid of all "*.zzz" files starting from /.

# find / -name "*.zzz" -exec rm {} ;
find: 0652-018 An expression term lacks a required parameter.

thanks.

 

[alray]

I believe you need a "\" before the ";" at the end of the command.

 

[vickersdc]

alray is absolutely right - just make sure that you maintain the space after the closing curly bracket..

find / -name '*.zzz' -exec rm {} \; -print

Obviously ignore the -print if you dont want it!

Cheers,
Dave V.

 

[Guest_imported]

thank you.

works gr8!