linux remove all files with extension in subdirectories code example

Example 1: rm files with extension

find . -name "*.bak" -type f -delete

Example 2: 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 3: linux remove all files same extension in directory

find . -type f -iname \*.zip -delete