find + delete files that contain "."

Question

I need to remove all the files under /tmp that contain the "." or dot character

so I created the following

find /tmp -name "*.*" -delete

please advice if this is the best approach to remove the files that contain "." ?

hi cuonglm please advice if you think about better syntax , i also not sure what is better to use delete or rm ? — yael
– yael, Commented Dec 8, 2016 at 15:45
@yael that's the best way, if your find supports -delete. — cuonglm
– cuonglm, Commented Dec 8, 2016 at 16:36

mdpc · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-09 02:03:34Z

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Now for another generic method:

 find /tmp -type f -name '*.*' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f

answered Dec 9, 2016 at 2:03

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