From: Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: recursive rm
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 23:21:49 +0100
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jrl AT netcom DOT com (Dr. J. Robert Lee) wrote:

> > For example, suppose there are files called
> > 
> > /frog/toad/bill/fred/tadpole.o
> > /frog/toad/bill/squid.o
> > /frog/toad/polywog.o
> > /frog/food.o
> > /frog/puddle.o
> > 
> > What I would like to be able to do is execute a
> > command such as the following to get rid of all
> > of the files that end in .o
> 
> These are the suggestions for Unix. DOS anyone?

There are DJGPP ports of common Unix utilities.  Even the bash shell
has been ported, so the advice given for Unix can apply to DOS too.
See the FAQ for descriptions of the packages available.

> find . -name "*.o" -exec rm {} \;

Given your description of the problem, that seems a little over
complicated.  Won't the following command do what you want?:

rm /*/*.o

That will delete all the .o files in any sub-directories on the
current drive.  You can test to see what files will be affected with
the command:

ls /*/*.o

The rm and ls utilities are in the fil316b.zip package, see the FAQ
for more details.