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Linux: The FIND Command

When I re-configure the web server and the configurations cause errors, they are saved in the error_log files.  Once there are errors, the error_log files will be saved on all levels.  It is very annoying if you try to remove the files one by one.

To remove all the error_log files at once, please consider using the FIND command.  Try execute this line:

find . -name “error_log” -delete

You can also modify the line to do other task, such as to remove all the PNG files:

find . -name “*.png” -delete

In the old days, we will probably use -exec rm -rf {} \; but newer Linux distributions support the -delete option with the FIND command.