[ale] Recursive script help

[mdhirsch at mail.com (Michael D. Hirsch)]

Gary MacKay writes:
 > Is there a command that will delete all files, such as *.xyz or
 > whatever,  in the current directory and all subdirectories below it?
 > 
 > I can make a script with a "for" loop to get the current and one layer
 > down, but how do I keep going to _all_ subdirs of subdirs of...? Is
 > there a single command or is a script required?

find is your friend.  Something like this should work:

find . -name \*.xyz -exec rm \{\} \;

--Michael

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