find and delete files in linux code example
Example 1: linux find and delete files with name
$ find -type f -name '*install*' -delete
Example 2: how to delete a file in linux
single:
rm filename
----OR----
unlink filename
multiple:
rm filename1 filename2 filename3
all filetype:
rm *.pdf
with confirmation:
rm -i filename
rm -i filename1 filename2 filename3
without prompting even writeprotected:
rm -f filename
rm -f filename
without a prompt in verbose mode:
rm -fv *.txt