find / | grep name_of_files >> test
rm `cat test`
Better still...
rm `find/ | grep name_of_file`
Better command...
rm `ls -l | grep "/pkgs/nmh" | awk '{print $9}'`
Lists files in a directory that happened to symlinks to /pkgs/nmh; retrieves the
name of that file {print $9}; and the whole miserable load is purged via
the command "rm".
Example of ls -l output:
lwrxwrxwrx 1 simon group 154 May 10 13:34 inc -> /pkgs/nmh/etc
Note "inc" is in the ninth position
The BEST delete of all!!
Deleting huge files
find . -type f | xargs rm