Search

And if you do want xargs for something other than deleting, use find -print0 | xargs -0, then spaces and newlines in names are fine. Or find ... -exec cmd {} + which does the same batching with no pipe.

find . -name '*.log' -delete Quote the pattern, or your shell expands it before find sees it. If you've got one .log in the current dir you're searching for that one exact name.

find . -name *.log | xargs rm says no such file for some of them. how do i fix