recursive delete linux filetype code example

Example 1: bash delete all files of type recursively

# print all files recursively with exstension .bak
find . -name "*.bak" -type f

# add -delete command at the end to delete them
find . -name "*.bak" -type f -delete

Example 2: how to delete particular type file recursively in linux

find . -type f -name '*.o' -delete