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SLQotD by Control2005-03-08 01:00:14
  find . -depth -name '*.ptl' -o -name '*.ptc' . . . by HadEnuf 2005-03-08 09:55:08
. . . -o -type d -exec rmdir {} ';' -o -exec rm -f {} ';'

The negated form is more painful to write, IME, than its "DeMorganized" counterpart, above. A "bonus feature" is that the directories *not* left empty are conveniently reported on standard error, by 'rmdir'.

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