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I am executing the following command (finding all files with .ts extension and deleting them):



find . -type f -name "*.ts" –delete


An error is showed up:




find: paths must precede expression: `–delete'




What have i done wrong?










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    I am executing the following command (finding all files with .ts extension and deleting them):



    find . -type f -name "*.ts" –delete


    An error is showed up:




    find: paths must precede expression: `–delete'




    What have i done wrong?










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      I am executing the following command (finding all files with .ts extension and deleting them):



      find . -type f -name "*.ts" –delete


      An error is showed up:




      find: paths must precede expression: `–delete'




      What have i done wrong?










      share|improve this question









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      I am executing the following command (finding all files with .ts extension and deleting them):



      find . -type f -name "*.ts" –delete


      An error is showed up:




      find: paths must precede expression: `–delete'




      What have i done wrong?







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            You have typographic sign instead of minus (-).



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                Be careful with copying and pasting commands from blogs. Some blog engines may transform LaTeX symbols to their plain text equivalents.







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