Linux can't delete files

Question

I have a problem with removing files when I find them. Task : must find files with spaces and remove them

my try :)

rm $(find -L /root | grep -i \' \')
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Answer 1

You can specify an -exec argument to the find command to run a command with the resulting file as an argument. In your case, the following command will do what you want.

-type f will print only files. If you want only directories then use -type d. If you use neither of these then it will print both files and directories.

As this is a delete operation, first run the command and see if it's printing the files you want.

find /root -type f -name '* *'

Then if everything is okay, run this to delete them.

find /root -type f -name '* *' -exec rm {} \;