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Apple Computing Products:
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1) find all files with a 2 or 3 or 4.jpg 2) delete those files
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<blockquote data-quote="Sam B" data-source="post: 1045634" data-attributes="member: 145546"><p>Man, this is getting ridiculous. In Windows, this would be a simple search and destroy using DOS commands. In Mac, it's harder... </p><p></p><p>1) find all files in a specific directory with multiple folders in that directory that have a 2, 3, or 4.jpg in the name. </p><p>2) delete all those files </p><p></p><p>Apple support suggested spotlight for all files with a 2 in the name and said I could use *2.jpg but it didn't work. I'm trying "Unix/AIX"-like commands and nothing works. I've downloaded two freeware apps to do this and they don't work.</p><p></p><p>I don't care if I do this via Gui (but I have hundreds of these files so drag and drop is too tiring) or in the actual OS.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sam B, post: 1045634, member: 145546"] Man, this is getting ridiculous. In Windows, this would be a simple search and destroy using DOS commands. In Mac, it's harder... 1) find all files in a specific directory with multiple folders in that directory that have a 2, 3, or 4.jpg in the name. 2) delete all those files Apple support suggested spotlight for all files with a 2 in the name and said I could use *2.jpg but it didn't work. I'm trying "Unix/AIX"-like commands and nothing works. I've downloaded two freeware apps to do this and they don't work. I don't care if I do this via Gui (but I have hundreds of these files so drag and drop is too tiring) or in the actual OS. Thanks for your help. [/QUOTE]
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