find command

I‘m an extreme newbie to the Linux world, but any time I try to get play files according to a playlist file using mplayer command line it turns up this error:

$ mplayer playlist.m3u
MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing playlist.m3u.
Cache fill: 0.00% (44 bytes)

Exiting… (End of file)

How do I fix this and play music without using GUI tools?

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I see the following error in my SELinux enabled CentOS or RHEL server:

Jun 21 13:58:43 server3 restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) No such file or directory

Jun 21 16:14:51 server3 restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) No such file or directory
Jun 22 13:32:23 server3 restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) No such file or directory

How do I fix this problem?

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How can I find all all hidden files and directories (starting with . character) under UNIX or Linux and delete them using bash or ksh shell?

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