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Patola	2010-03-16 , 12:00
Posts: 267 \| Thanked: 183 times \| Joined on Jan 2010 @ Campinas, SP, Brazil	#12

Try that:
- cd to the directory from where you want to start removing 'desktop.ini' files.

Code:

#~ cd /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads/Folder

- Then use this command to find all desktop.ini files (it's a multiline command, a ">" will appear on each line when you press <ENTER>):

Code:

#~ find . -iname desktop.ini | while read name
do
ls -l "$name"
done

- Are these files the one you want to remove? (a list of files will appear from that command) If yes, proceed to the next commando, who will actually remove them:

Code:

#~ find . -iname desktop.ini | while read name
do
rm -f "$name"
done

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And btw, if you want to cd to that directory, try that (<TAB> is the "TAB" button in xterm):

Code:

#~ cd /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads/Folder/Q/Mazd<TAB>

It will change to:

Code:

#~ cd /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads/Folder/Q/Mazda\ \(Mx5\)

Then you can press enter and you'll change to that directory.

BTW, if you even want to remove the entire directory tree, do that:

Code:

#~ rm -rf /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads/Folder/Q

It will remove everything starting from Q (and including it). BEWARE, THIS COMMAND IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT ERASES STUFF.

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