Andrew Schulman wrote: >> Why did this behaviour change, and how can I fix my script? > > An alternative is > > find ... -print0 | xargs -0r rm -i
I get the same problem with that! $ find . -name '*~' -print0 |xargs -0r rm -i rm: remove regular file `./.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-20203-vilnius~'? rm: remove regular file `./.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-1888-vilnius~'? rm: remove regular file `./.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-1049-vilnius.co.umist.ac.uk~'? rm: remove ... It prints out the questions, doesn't wait for responses from the keyboard, and does nothing. Have I screwed something up? (This started happening on my home and office computers at about the same time.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]