What's wrong with this 'find' command?
I am executing the following command (to find all files with .ts extension and deleting them):
find . -type f -name "*.ts" –delete
An error shows up:
find: paths must precede expression: `–delete'
What have I done wrong?
command-line delete find
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I am executing the following command (to find all files with .ts extension and deleting them):
find . -type f -name "*.ts" –delete
An error shows up:
find: paths must precede expression: `–delete'
What have I done wrong?
command-line delete find
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I am executing the following command (to find all files with .ts extension and deleting them):
find . -type f -name "*.ts" –delete
An error shows up:
find: paths must precede expression: `–delete'
What have I done wrong?
command-line delete find
edited yesterday
Zanna
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asked Jan 1 at 18:40
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I am executing the following command (to find all files with .ts extension and deleting them):
find . -type f -name "*.ts" –delete
An error shows up:
find: paths must precede expression: `–delete'
What have I done wrong?
command-line delete find
command-line delete find
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You have typographic sign – instead of minus (-).
Change your command to
find . -type f -name "*.ts" -delete
For complete syntax see man find:
ACTIONS
-delete
Delete files; true if removal succeeded. If the removal failed, an error message is issued.
If-deletefails,find's exit status will be nonzero (when it eventually exits).
Use of-deleteautomatically turns on the-depthoption.
Be careful with copying and pasting commands from blogs and rich text processors. They may transform some typographic symbols to their plain text equivalents and vice versa.
Consider to use simple text editors for the notes next time - use plain text, Markdown or reStructuredText.
And as @AuxTaco mentioned - some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
answered Jan 1 at 18:43
N0rbert
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And some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
– AuxTaco
2 days ago
In this particular case we do not know the source of this command. If original author wrongly had--then engine converted it to–. So we do not know the whole story :)
– N0rbert
2 days ago
2
I can tell the story: I copy-pasted it from terminal to a MS Word document consisted of command set to deploy our server. MS Word is auto-fixing the dash in some cases. Then a year or some after i copied that command and the question opened... Thanks.
– Dorad
2 days ago
1
It's probably better to use Notepad++ in this situation, rather than Word.
– Davidw
2 days ago
1
Never use a word processor to edit code. That's (a big reason) why there are still text editors. The last thing you need is substituted characters, or word wrap.
– Joe
yesterday
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You have typographic sign – instead of minus (-).
Change your command to
find . -type f -name "*.ts" -delete
For complete syntax see man find:
ACTIONS
-delete
Delete files; true if removal succeeded. If the removal failed, an error message is issued.
If-deletefails,find's exit status will be nonzero (when it eventually exits).
Use of-deleteautomatically turns on the-depthoption.
Be careful with copying and pasting commands from blogs and rich text processors. They may transform some typographic symbols to their plain text equivalents and vice versa.
Consider to use simple text editors for the notes next time - use plain text, Markdown or reStructuredText.
And as @AuxTaco mentioned - some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
answered Jan 1 at 18:43
N0rbert
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And some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
– AuxTaco
2 days ago
In this particular case we do not know the source of this command. If original author wrongly had--then engine converted it to–. So we do not know the whole story :)
– N0rbert
2 days ago
2
I can tell the story: I copy-pasted it from terminal to a MS Word document consisted of command set to deploy our server. MS Word is auto-fixing the dash in some cases. Then a year or some after i copied that command and the question opened... Thanks.
– Dorad
2 days ago
1
It's probably better to use Notepad++ in this situation, rather than Word.
– Davidw
2 days ago
1
Never use a word processor to edit code. That's (a big reason) why there are still text editors. The last thing you need is substituted characters, or word wrap.
– Joe
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
You have typographic sign – instead of minus (-).
Change your command to
find . -type f -name "*.ts" -delete
For complete syntax see man find:
ACTIONS
-delete
Delete files; true if removal succeeded. If the removal failed, an error message is issued.
If-deletefails,find's exit status will be nonzero (when it eventually exits).
Use of-deleteautomatically turns on the-depthoption.
Be careful with copying and pasting commands from blogs and rich text processors. They may transform some typographic symbols to their plain text equivalents and vice versa.
Consider to use simple text editors for the notes next time - use plain text, Markdown or reStructuredText.
And as @AuxTaco mentioned - some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
answered Jan 1 at 18:43
N0rbert
21.4k547100
9
And some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
– AuxTaco
2 days ago
In this particular case we do not know the source of this command. If original author wrongly had--then engine converted it to–. So we do not know the whole story :)
– N0rbert
2 days ago
2
I can tell the story: I copy-pasted it from terminal to a MS Word document consisted of command set to deploy our server. MS Word is auto-fixing the dash in some cases. Then a year or some after i copied that command and the question opened... Thanks.
– Dorad
2 days ago
1
It's probably better to use Notepad++ in this situation, rather than Word.
– Davidw
2 days ago
1
Never use a word processor to edit code. That's (a big reason) why there are still text editors. The last thing you need is substituted characters, or word wrap.
– Joe
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
You have typographic sign – instead of minus (-).
Change your command to
find . -type f -name "*.ts" -delete
For complete syntax see man find:
ACTIONS
-delete
Delete files; true if removal succeeded. If the removal failed, an error message is issued.
If-deletefails,find's exit status will be nonzero (when it eventually exits).
Use of-deleteautomatically turns on the-depthoption.
Be careful with copying and pasting commands from blogs and rich text processors. They may transform some typographic symbols to their plain text equivalents and vice versa.
Consider to use simple text editors for the notes next time - use plain text, Markdown or reStructuredText.
And as @AuxTaco mentioned - some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
answered Jan 1 at 18:43
N0rbert
21.4k547100
You have typographic sign – instead of minus (-).
Change your command to
find . -type f -name "*.ts" -delete
For complete syntax see man find:
ACTIONS
-delete
Delete files; true if removal succeeded. If the removal failed, an error message is issued.
If-deletefails,find's exit status will be nonzero (when it eventually exits).
Use of-deleteautomatically turns on the-depthoption.
Be careful with copying and pasting commands from blogs and rich text processors. They may transform some typographic symbols to their plain text equivalents and vice versa.
Consider to use simple text editors for the notes next time - use plain text, Markdown or reStructuredText.
And as @AuxTaco mentioned - some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
answered Jan 1 at 18:43
N0rbert
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edited yesterday
answered Jan 1 at 18:43
N0rbert
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answered Jan 1 at 18:43
N0rbert
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answered Jan 1 at 18:43
N0rbert
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21.4k547100
9
And some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
– AuxTaco
2 days ago
In this particular case we do not know the source of this command. If original author wrongly had--then engine converted it to–. So we do not know the whole story :)
– N0rbert
2 days ago
2
I can tell the story: I copy-pasted it from terminal to a MS Word document consisted of command set to deploy our server. MS Word is auto-fixing the dash in some cases. Then a year or some after i copied that command and the question opened... Thanks.
– Dorad
2 days ago
1
It's probably better to use Notepad++ in this situation, rather than Word.
– Davidw
2 days ago
1
Never use a word processor to edit code. That's (a big reason) why there are still text editors. The last thing you need is substituted characters, or word wrap.
– Joe
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
9
And some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
– AuxTaco
2 days ago
In this particular case we do not know the source of this command. If original author wrongly had--then engine converted it to–. So we do not know the whole story :)
– N0rbert
2 days ago
2
I can tell the story: I copy-pasted it from terminal to a MS Word document consisted of command set to deploy our server. MS Word is auto-fixing the dash in some cases. Then a year or some after i copied that command and the question opened... Thanks.
– Dorad
2 days ago
1
It's probably better to use Notepad++ in this situation, rather than Word.
– Davidw
2 days ago
1
Never use a word processor to edit code. That's (a big reason) why there are still text editors. The last thing you need is substituted characters, or word wrap.
– Joe
yesterday
9
9
And some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
– AuxTaco
2 days ago
And some blogs may rely on your copying to attack your computer.
– AuxTaco
2 days ago
In this particular case we do not know the source of this command. If original author wrongly had
-- then engine converted it to –. So we do not know the whole story :)– N0rbert
2 days ago
In this particular case we do not know the source of this command. If original author wrongly had
-- then engine converted it to –. So we do not know the whole story :)– N0rbert
2 days ago
2
2
I can tell the story: I copy-pasted it from terminal to a MS Word document consisted of command set to deploy our server. MS Word is auto-fixing the dash in some cases. Then a year or some after i copied that command and the question opened... Thanks.
– Dorad
2 days ago
I can tell the story: I copy-pasted it from terminal to a MS Word document consisted of command set to deploy our server. MS Word is auto-fixing the dash in some cases. Then a year or some after i copied that command and the question opened... Thanks.
– Dorad
2 days ago
1
1
It's probably better to use Notepad++ in this situation, rather than Word.
– Davidw
2 days ago
It's probably better to use Notepad++ in this situation, rather than Word.
– Davidw
2 days ago
1
1
Never use a word processor to edit code. That's (a big reason) why there are still text editors. The last thing you need is substituted characters, or word wrap.
– Joe
yesterday
Never use a word processor to edit code. That's (a big reason) why there are still text editors. The last thing you need is substituted characters, or word wrap.
– Joe
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
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