How to delete backup files (with tilde as the last character) recursively from a folder generated by Quanta Plus?

Question

I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 and I use Quanta Plus for programming, but when I try to upload all folders to a server, all of the back up files (which have a tilde as the last character) are also uploaded.

I want to know is there any command by which I can recursively delete all of the backup files from a folder. Please provide a command for me, because it is not possible to delete each and every file manually.

Answer 1

find /path/to/dir -name "*~" -delete

or

find /path/to/dir -name "*~" -ok rm {} \;

to prompt before removal

Answer 2

Use:

$ cd the_folder
$ rm -i `find -name '*~'`

The -i option prompts before every removal, you can remove it if you're sure.

Answer 3

For a more graphical solution (and for backing up all those *~ files before you delete them), you could use gnome-search-tool

Leave "Name contains:" empty, select your folder, check the 'more' options: "Show hidden and backup files" + "Exclude other filesystems" (to prevent it from searching SSH servers, mounted Ftp folders and connected drives), and then for the magic bit, choose the 'more' option "Name matches regular expression:" and type in

^.*~$

Then after it's done searching you simply select which ones to remove, right-click and select "Move to Trash". I do it this way so I can backup all those files before permanently deleting them. I uploaded a screenshot here: "dl . elundmark . se / e / Selection-20120114-01 . jpg"