Deleting files with strange names

From: sanjim jaike (san_jais@eudoramail.com)
Date: Sat May 04 2002 - 11:06:22 EDT

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Hi,
  I am trying to delete files with strange names like quotes ,spaces or backslashes.

find /dir -name '*.inactive' -print | xargs rm

This command fails when xargs encounters a control character or a quote.

Does anyone have a solution for deleting these files non interactively?

Thanks,
Sanjeev

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