Find and remove Thumbs.db

[dgs2001]

Good Morning.

Could a kind soul please confirm the meaning of "find / -name "Thumbs.db" -exec rm '{}' \;"

I am trying to delete all instances of Thumbs.db on my freenas box

I understand the basics of the command but am unsure what the '{}' after the rm command is?


Many Thanks

 

[dlavigne]

From https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=find:

-exec
If the string ``{}'' appears anywhere in the utility name or the arguments it is replaced by the pathname of the current file.

 

[dgs2001]

Many Thanks for helping me understand a little bit more.

 

[fracai]

I find the following to be a bit clearer:

Code:

find / -name "Thumbs.db" -delete

You can add '-print' to see each file that is deleted.

 

[dgs2001]

Thank you both.

 

[anodos]

Thumbs.db is typically produced by windows systems on CIFS shares. Alternatives to using "find" are:
1) use group policy to disable thumbnail generation
2) use veto files and delete veto files parameters in your CIFS config to prevent generation of thumbnails in your samba shares.