diff --git a/bin/foamAllHC b/bin/foamAllHC
index e6ebd3ac90..5c6797d52e 100755
--- a/bin/foamAllHC
+++ b/bin/foamAllHC
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
 then
-    find . -name "*.[CHL]" -exec $1 {} \; -print
+    find . -name "*.[CHL]" -type f -exec $1 {} \; -print
 fi
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/foamPack b/bin/foamPack
index 212d0d5e5a..3e0a994e68 100755
--- a/bin/foamPack
+++ b/bin/foamPack
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ else
     ( cd $packDir && git archive --format=tar --prefix=$packDir/ HEAD) > $packBase.tar &&
 
     echo "add in time-stamp and lnInclude directories" 1>&2 &&
-    tar cf $packBase.tar2 $packDir/.timeStamp $packDir/.build $(find -H $packDir -type d -name lnInclude) &&
+    tar cf $packBase.tar2 $packDir/.timeStamp $packDir/.build $(find -H $packDir -name lnInclude -type d) &&
     tar Af $packBase.tar $packBase.tar2 &&
 
     echo "gzip tar file" 1>&2 &&
diff --git a/bin/foamSequenceVTKFiles b/bin/foamSequenceVTKFiles
index 86e5122283..8ebb755ace 100755
--- a/bin/foamSequenceVTKFiles
+++ b/bin/foamSequenceVTKFiles
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ if [ ! -d $DIR ]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-FILES=$(find $DIR -type f -name *vtk)
+FILES=$(find $DIR -name '*.vtk' -type f)
 NAMES=$(for f in $FILES; do basename $f .vtk; done | sort -u)
 
 if [ -d $OUT ]; then
diff --git a/bin/rmcore b/bin/rmcore
index 046758cd75..8dde81b3cc 100755
--- a/bin/rmcore
+++ b/bin/rmcore
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ then
     set -- .
 elif [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "-help" ]
 then
+    exec 1>&2
     echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [dir1] .. [dirN]"
     echo "    remove all core files"
     exit 1
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ for i
 do
     if [ -d "$i" ]
     then
-        echo "removing all core files: $i"
-        find $i \( -type f -name 'core' -o -name 'core.[1-9]*' -o -name 'vgcore.*' \) -print | xargs -t rm 2>/dev/null
+        echo "removing all core files: $i" 1>&2
+        find $i \( -name core -o -name 'core.[1-9]*' -o -name 'vgcore.*' \) -type f -delete
     else
         echo "no directory: $i" 1>&2
     fi
diff --git a/bin/rm~all b/bin/rm~all
index adbd5c6601..c4fa742f89 100755
--- a/bin/rm~all
+++ b/bin/rm~all
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ then
     set -- .
 elif [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "-help" ]
 then
+    exec 1>&2
     echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [dir1] .. [dirN]"
     echo "    remove all *~ files"
     exit 1
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ for i
 do
     if [ -d "$i" ]
     then
-        echo "removing all *~ files: $i"
-        find $i \( -name '*~' -o -name '.*~' \) -print | xargs -t rm 2>/dev/null
+        echo "removing all *~ files: $i" 1>&2
+        find $i \( -name '*~' -o -name '.*~' \) -type f -delete -print
     else
         echo "no directory: $i" 1>&2
     fi
diff --git a/tutorials/Allclean b/tutorials/Allclean
index b66c19975f..0eea9fb549 100755
--- a/tutorials/Allclean
+++ b/tutorials/Allclean
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ cd ${0%/*} || exit 1    # Run from this directory
 echo "--------"
 echo "Cleaning tutorials ..."
 echo "Removing backup files"
-find . -type f \( -name "*~" -o -name "*.bak" \) -exec rm {} \;
-find . \( -name core -o -name 'core.[1-9]*' \) -exec rm {} \;
-find . \( -name '*.pvs' -o -name '*.OpenFOAM' \) -exec rm {} \;
-rm logs testLoopReport > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+find . \( \
+    -name '*~' -o -name '*.bak'         \
+    -name core -o -name 'core.[1-9]*'   \
+    -name '*.pvs' -o -name '*.OpenFOAM' \
+    \) -type f -delete
+
+rm -f logs testLoopReport > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 foamCleanTutorials cases
 
diff --git a/tutorials/Allrun b/tutorials/Allrun
index 8ecef75019..28e4fe6a45 100755
--- a/tutorials/Allrun
+++ b/tutorials/Allrun
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ do
     [ -d $appDir ] || continue
     echo -n "    $appDir..." 1>&2
 
-    logs=$(find -L $appDir -type f -name 'log.*')
+    logs=$(find -L $appDir -name 'log.*' -type f)
     if [ -n "$logs" ]
     then
         echo 1>&2
diff --git a/tutorials/Alltest b/tutorials/Alltest
index ac39728960..d122fd25e8 100755
--- a/tutorials/Alltest
+++ b/tutorials/Alltest
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ fi
 echo "Modifying the controlDicts to run only one time step" 1>&2
 cd ${TEST_RUN_DIR} || exit 1
 
-for CD in $(find . -type f -name "controlDict*")
+for CD in $(find . -name "controlDict*" -type f)
 do
     mv ${CD} ${CD}.orig
     sed \
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ done
 if [ "$DEFAULT_SCHEMES" = true ]
 then
     echo "Modifying the fvSchemes to contain only default schemes" 1>&2
-    for FV_SC in $(find . -type f -name fvSchemes)
+    for FV_SC in $(find . -name fvSchemes -type f)
     do
         for S in $FV_SCHEMES
         do
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ do
     do
         rm $SCHEMES_TEMP $SOLVERS_TEMP > /dev/null 2>&1
         echo "  ${ST}" >> $SCHEMES_FILE
-        for LOG in $(find ${APP} -type f -name "log.${APP}")
+        for LOG in $(find ${APP} -name "log.${APP}" -type f)
         do
             for S in $(grep ${ST} ${LOG} | cut -d" " -f4)
             do
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pisoFoam/LES/motorBike/motorBike/Allrun b/tutorials/incompressible/pisoFoam/LES/motorBike/motorBike/Allrun
index 43ab19017d..b3fbef3291 100755
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/pisoFoam/LES/motorBike/motorBike/Allrun
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pisoFoam/LES/motorBike/motorBike/Allrun
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ runApplication decomposePar -decomposeParDict system/decomposeParDict.hierarchic
 # \cp system/decomposeParDict.ptscotch system/decomposeParDict
 runParallel snappyHexMesh -decomposeParDict system/decomposeParDict.ptscotch -profiling -overwrite
 
-find . -type f -iname "*level*" -exec rm {} \;
+find . -iname '*level*' -type f -delete
 
 #- Set the initial fields
 restore0Dir -processor
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/simpleFoam/turbineSiting/Allrun b/tutorials/incompressible/simpleFoam/turbineSiting/Allrun
index 9f85d96372..fd62abc0fa 100755
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/simpleFoam/turbineSiting/Allrun
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/simpleFoam/turbineSiting/Allrun
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ runApplication decomposePar
 \cp system/decomposeParDict.ptscotch system/decomposeParDict
 runParallel snappyHexMesh -overwrite
 
-find . -type f -iname "*level*" -exec rm {} \;
+find . -iname '*level*' -type f -delete
 
 # - Set the initial fields
 restore0Dir -processor
diff --git a/wmake/scripts/makeFiles b/wmake/scripts/makeFiles
index 78b7fffed3..09b487219a 100755
--- a/wmake/scripts/makeFiles
+++ b/wmake/scripts/makeFiles
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ do
 done >> Make/files
 [ -s Make/files ] && echo >> Make/files
 
-for file in $(find . -type f -name "*.[cCylLfF]" -print)
+for file in $(find . -name "*.[cCylLfF]" -type f -print)
 do
     pathName=$(echo ${file%/*} | $dirToString -strip)
 
diff --git a/wmake/wclean b/wmake/wclean
index 71c8cd096a..1ed0cf21ac 100755
--- a/wmake/wclean
+++ b/wmake/wclean
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ then
 
     # Get sub-directories avoiding particular directories
     for dir in $(find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 \
-                        -type d \( -name .git -prune -o -print \) )
+                        -name .git -prune -o -type d -print)
     do
         echo "    searching: $dir"
-        find $dir -depth -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \; -print
+        find $dir -depth -empty -type d -delete -print
     done
 
     # Second pass: clean up object directories with WM_PROJECT_DIR that don't
diff --git a/wmake/wcleanLnIncludeAll b/wmake/wcleanLnIncludeAll
index 4ac19b6816..3a4510874a 100755
--- a/wmake/wcleanLnIncludeAll
+++ b/wmake/wcleanLnIncludeAll
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ do
     if [ -d "$dir" ]
     then
         echo "removing lnInclude directories: $dir"
-        find $dir -depth -type d -name lnInclude -exec rm -rf {} \;
+        find $dir -depth -name lnInclude -type d -delete
     else
         echo "no directory: $dir" 1>&2
     fi
diff --git a/wmake/wcleanPlatform b/wmake/wcleanPlatform
index 18b4d5b2c3..34767739b7 100755
--- a/wmake/wcleanPlatform
+++ b/wmake/wcleanPlatform
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ then
     rm -rf platforms/*
 
     echo "Removing lnInclude directories"
-    find . -depth -type d \( -name lnInclude \) | xargs rm -rf
+    find . -depth -name lnInclude -type d -delete
 
     tutorials/Allclean
 else
diff --git a/wmake/wmakeLnInclude b/wmake/wmakeLnInclude
index 0b338ac742..edfeb540e1 100755
--- a/wmake/wmakeLnInclude
+++ b/wmake/wmakeLnInclude
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ fi
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Remove any broken links first (this helps when file locations have moved)
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-find -L . -type l | xargs rm -f
+find -L . -type l -delete
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/wmake/wrmdep b/wmake/wrmdep
index 1d37a1564c..55cddd68c6 100755
--- a/wmake/wrmdep
+++ b/wmake/wrmdep
@@ -152,15 +152,14 @@ files)
     if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]
     then
         echo "removing all .dep files ..."
-        find $objectsDir -type f -name '*.dep' -print | xargs -t rm 2>/dev/null
+        find $objectsDir -name '*.dep' -type f -delete -print
     else
         echo "removing .o files corresponding to"
         echo "    $@ ..."
         for file
         do
-            find $objectsDir -type f -name '*.dep' \
-                -exec grep -q "$file" '{}' \; \
-                -exec rm '{}' \; -print
+            find $objectsDir -name '*.dep' -type f \
+                -exec grep -q "$file" {} \; -delete -print
         done
     fi
     ;;
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ oldFolders)
             continue
         fi
 
-        find $objectsDir -type f -name '*.dep' -print | while read depFile
+        find $objectsDir -name '*.dep' -type f -print | while read depFile
         do
             sourceFile=$(depToSource $depFile)
 
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ updateMode)
     fi
 
     echo "Removing dep files corresponding to source files that no longer exist..."
-    fileNameList=$(find -L src applications -type l -name '*.[CHL]')
+    fileNameList=$(find -L src applications -name '*.[CHL]' -type l)
 
     for filePathAndName in $fileNameList
     do
diff --git a/wmake/wrmo b/wmake/wrmo
index 489e179736..ee4e1ce523 100755
--- a/wmake/wrmo
+++ b/wmake/wrmo
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]
 then
     echo "removing all .o files ..."
-    find $objectsDir -type f -name '*.o' -print | xargs -t rm 2>/dev/null
+    find $objectsDir -name '*.o' -type f -delete
 else
     echo "removing .o files corresponding to"
     echo "    $@ ..."