rm -rf returns "tcsh: rm: No match"

[benjackson]

When running rm -rf *.html to remove a bunch of html files from a nested folder heirarchy, I get the following error:

> tcsh: rm: No match

When I put a blank html file in the ./ directory and run the command, it removes the file, but it's not recursing to the subdirectories. Anyone have any ideas why?

 

[gdekadt]

[Only time I've seen rm -rf was with sudo at the begining and a slash after - as "funny joke".]

Try the command without the f flag and unless you've got some strange permissions you shouldn't have any problems.

Gabs

 

[lurk]

Your problem is that the the r flag means to recursivly delete the named item. It does not do what you wanted. Try this instead

find . -name "*.html" -print0 | xargs -0 rm

Ain't Unix fun!
(I mean that in all honesty.)

 

[gdekadt]

[Gabs hides in the corner - whimpering at his careless reading of the original post. Bloody eedjit.]

Nice pipe.