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Base of file name (the path with the leading directories removed) matches shell pattern pattern. Because the leading directories of the file names are removed, the pattern should not include a slash, because `-name a/b' will never match anything (and you probably want to use -path instead). An exception to this is when using only a slash as pattern (`-name /'), because that is a valid string for matching the root directory "/" (because the base name of "/" is "/"). A warning is issued if you try to pass a…

Delete files or directories; true if removal succeeded. If the removal failed, an error message is issued and find's exit status will be nonzero (when it eventually exits).

Warning: Don't forget that find evaluates the command line as an expression, so putting -delete first will make find try to delete everything below the starting points you specified.

The use of the -delete action on the command line automatically turns on the -depth option. As in turn -depth makes -prune ineffective, the -delete action…