diff --git a/manual/clean.sh b/manual/clean.sh
index f4a2ea83..11c2e7bf 100755
--- a/manual/clean.sh
+++ b/manual/clean.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-for f in $( find . -name .gitignore ); do sed -re "s,^,find ${f%.gitignore} -name ',; s,$,' | xargs -r rm -f,;" $f; done | bash -v
+for f in $( find . -name .gitignore ); do sed -re "s,^,find ${f%.gitignore} -name ',; s,$,' | xargs rm -f,;" $f; done | bash -v