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Delete files recursively matching a name on the command line (OS X)

I want to remove all files with extension .orig from my tree. The tree is deep. Is there an easy way to do that?

I will probably have to do this many times a day, with different trees. So ease is important.

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William Jockusch
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Use the find tool:

find /path -name '*.orig' -delete

Note that the wildcard must be quoted (either as "*.orig" or '*.orig' or \*.orig), as you want it to be only handled by 'find' but not by the shell.

Some operating systems might not have the -delete option, in which case make it invoke rm:

find /path -name "*.orig" -exec rm -i {} \;
grawity
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I prefer this method (very similar to @grawity) but with the type of file included:

find /path . -name '*.orig' -type f -delete

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Can you execute shell commands in bash? This would do the trick:

find /path/to/your/tree | egrep .orig$ | xargs rm
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