The essence of argument order

Andrew infofarmer at mail.ru
Thu Dec 9 02:08:16 PST 2004


> > i've just typed
> > # rm -print0 -type l | xargs -0 rm
> > instead of
> > # rm -type l -print0 | xargs -0 rm
> > in a directory with 50+ Gigs of data
> > what a nice feeling...
> > shit...
> 
> None of them worked?
> 

Right, I meant
# find -print0 -type l | xargs -0 rm
instead of
# find -type l -print0 | xargs -0 rm
I need to get more sleep


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