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notbob <notbob@nothome.com> writes:

> I've gotta lotta files to delete before rsyncing to a thumb drive.  I
> know how to mark all files in a dir (* s) when in dired mode, but do not know how to
> delete all those marked files.  Anybody?  ;)

*c*Dx

This is change the * marks to D marks (D for deletion).  Then execute
(x).


Ciao