Command to remove same file in all directories please

[glennybee]

Hi folks,

I'm a linux newbie and I was wondering if there's a command for what I'm wanting to do.

I have a symlink in every folder on my server. I want to remove these files using one command instead of having to manually go into every directory and remove them.

Thanks for any help.

[i92guboj]

find /path/to/ -name 'myfilename.ext' -exec rm -f '{}' \;

[glennybee]

Thanks for the reply but that command didn't work.

Someone else told me to use this command and that worked.

find . -name filename.ext -exec rm {} ';'

[i92guboj]

Strange, it's exactly the same command (provided that the file names do not have a space in the middle, the only difference is the quoting/escaping methods), the only thing that could have gone wrong is if you didn't write the correct path.

However, the important thing is that you solved it.

[glennybee]

I didn't actually write the path, I changed into the directory and typed with command without the path section, maybe that's why it didn't work. Gave an error something about the -exec section.

I appreciate you taking time to reply, thank you.

[i92guboj]

I didn't actually write the path, I changed into the directory and typed with command without the path section, maybe that's why it didn't work. Gave an error something about the -exec section.

I appreciate you taking time to reply, thank you.

You need to write the path, that's why it didn't work.

On the other command you posted there's a path, and that's why it works. The "." (dot) in the middles is the path, it means "the current working directory".