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    $ mangle find -delete
       ACTIONS
           -delete
                  Delete  files;  true  if  removal  succeeded.   If the removal failed, an error message is issued.  If -delete fails, find's exit status will be nonzero (when it eventually exits).  Use of -delete automatically turns on the
                  -depth option.

                  Warnings: Don't forget that the find command line is evaluated as an expression, so putting -delete first will make find try to delete everything below the starting points you specified.  When testing a  find  command  line
                  that you later intend to use with -delete, you should explicitly specify -depth in order to avoid later surprises.  Because -delete implies -depth, you cannot usefully use -prune and -delete together.


Is mangle an actual program that's publicly available? Searched for it but didn't find anything.



Thank you.




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