Deleting files with spaces in Linux (not directories)

In our daily work, we often come into contact with files without spaces. This makes the deletion operation much simpler. But sometimes we come across files with spaces in them. How should we delete this kind of file?

First, let's demonstrate how to use the find command combined with the xargs command to delete files without spaces.

[root@ELK-chaofeng test]# touch 1.txt 2.txt
[root@ELK-chaofeng test]# ls
1.txt 2.txt
[root@ELK-chaofeng test]# find . -type f | xargs
./1.txt ./2.txt
[root@ELK-chaofeng test]# find . -type f | xargs rm -rf
[root@ELK-chaofeng test]# ls
[root@ELK-chaofeng test]#

Next we demonstrate deleting files with spaces

[root@ELK-chaofeng test]# touch 1.txt 2.txt '1 2.txt'
[root@ELK-chaofeng test]# ls
1 2.txt 1.txt 2.txt
[root@ELK-chaofeng test]# ll
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 14 12:24 1 2.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 14 12:24 1.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 14 12:24 2.txt
[root@ELK-chaofeng test]# find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
[root@ELK-chaofeng test]# ls

The above parameter -print0, compared with the default -print, outputs sequences separated by null characters instead of spaces. xargs also has a parameter -0, which can accept input streams separated by null instead of spaces.

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