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tcardoso

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Hi,

How do I delete files that belong to a user or group.
I have a directory with files from 2 users, I want to delete only the ones from one user.

I looked into rm command and didn't see that option.

Thanks
 
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find" is your friend! :)

find . -user foobar -exec rm {} \;
 
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find" and you too :)

Thanks, done :)
 
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