find: Delete Files
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1 3.4 Delete Files
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1 -- Action: -delete
1 Delete files or directories; true if removal succeeded. If the
1 removal failed, an error message is issued.
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1 The use of the '-delete' action on the command line automatically
1 turns on the '-depth' option (⇒find Expressions). This can
1 be surprising if you were previously just testing with '-print', so
1 it is usually best to remember to use '-depth' explicitly.
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1 If '-delete' fails, 'find''s exit status will be nonzero (when it
1 eventually exits).
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