> i wanna add a little line to my .bash_profile so when ever i log in it
> will find dead.letters and delete them. (i'm always doin it:)
>> so, can i add the following:
>> find /home/staff/bty 'dead.letter' -xdev -exec rm '{}' ';'
> to my .bash_profile?
Almost.
find $HOME -xdev -name 'dead.letter' -exec rm -f {} \;
... would probably be best.
You might consider adding a & to the end to run this in the
background, if you have a big $HOME.
Colm
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