[Ubuntu Chicago] recursively?

[Michael McCune]

It means delete matching files in the current directory and all directories
under the current directory. By default, delete only works in the current
directory.


On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Deacon Solomon <dekesolomon at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

> I tried to delete a file. The program asked if I wanted to delete the
> file or delete it 'recursively'. I went online and searched for a
> definition of 'recursive,' but didn't find anything that made sense to
> me in context. Can anybody straighten me out on this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Deke
>
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