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Recursively find (and delete) all files of the same type in current directory
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find-and-delete.sh
# Recursively find all files of the same type in current directory
find . -name "*.bak" -type f
# Recursively find and delete all files of the same type in current directory
find . -name "*.bak" -type f -delete
# Print out a list of directories to be deleted:
find . -name 'node_modules' -type d -prune
# Delete directories from the current working directory:
find . -name 'node_modules' -type d -prune -exec rm -rf '{}' +
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