[GLLUG] using find and xargs to remove files

[Caleb Cushing]

I'm trying to remove the crappy remnants of windows on my linux box. one
thing I want to get rid of is the Thumbs.db and desktop.ini files that were
in my music folder and got copied over. I was trying to do it by piping find
to xargs but that isn't working. It should and I'm trying to figure out why
it isn't. I know I could just use the -exec option  but now I just want to
know why what I'm trying to do isn't working.

         # find / -name "Thumbs.db" | xargs rm

according to this http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8274/sam0306g/ that
should work...
I've tried variations

         #find / -type f -name "Thumbs.db" -print | xargs rm

and all sorts of other things. I usually get this

          xargs: unmatched single quote

I looked the error up and what I found was of no help. at least to me... I
didn't get it. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong and how to do it
properly?
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