UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Greetings,

I need to delete all files that contain the word thumbs. Those files are spread all throughout sub-directories in a file directory tree.

Is there a script or single line command that will find all files with the word thumbs, and simply delete the file?

For example:

Delete files Recursively *thumbs*.jpg

Thank you in advance for your expertise.

Regards,

..Chris..

change to the top level directory containing the files (using cd <dir>) and run:

find . -name \*thumbs\*.jpg -type f

if this lists all the files you want to delete then run

find . -name \*thumbs\*.jpg -type f -exec rm {} \;

You mean you need to delete all files whose filenames contain the word thumbs.

BrightImage is correct, but this code usually works faster:

Code:

find . -type f -name \*thumbs\*.jpg -print | xargs rm -f

Sorry, for this additional question. You solution worked, and I had an s in the file name when trying your solution, and noticed it later.

Thank you for your reply. I attempted to list the files using the command below, but nothing showed up? There was no listing of files, but when in the directory, simply typing dir (bin/bash) lists the files that I want to delete.

Code:

find . -name \*thumbs\*.jpg -type f

non-GNU versions of find do not output anything unless you specify -print, -printf, or -ls.