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Linux: Find and delete files/directories recursively in Linux

To have the OS find and delete files and directories recursively in Linux try the following command:

find <path> -name <filename> -exec rm -rf {} ;

Example:

find /vmware -name *.log -exec rm -rf {} ;

To find and replace strings within files look here.

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