[X4U] Deleting multiple locked items

[Allan Hise]

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Samantha Cornell wrote:

> I have a folder of over 200 photos on my jumpdrive, all of which are
> locked.  I used the drive to moved them from a Dell to my Mac...and
> they automatically appeared as locked files.
>
> Now that the transfer is complete I would like to delete the folder,
> but would like to avoid individually unlocking every single photo. I
> seem to remember a way to "unlock in bulk", but can't for the life of
> me remember.
>
> Any suggestions?

open terminal
type "rm -f " (without quotes or return)
drag locked files from finder to terminal window

I seem to remember that ought to do it.
Please make sure aou are dragging the correct files...