How to find and delete files using command in Linux
How to use the command line in Linux to perform find/search and delete files.
Find files with a search term (wildcard is *) and remove them.
Find files with a search term (wildcard is *) and remove them.
find . -name "search term" -exec rm -f {} \;Before running the command verify the results of the find command by running just
find . -name "search term"
Examples:
Find all files having .txt (*.txt) extension in the current directory and remove them:find . -type f -name "*.txt" -exec rm -f {} \;Find all files having .txt (*.txt) extension in the current directory and remove them with confirmation:
find . -type f -name "*.txt" -exec rm -i {} \;
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