[ale] Recursive script help

[Geoffrey]

Gary MacKay wrote:
> Is there a command that will delete all files, such as *.xyz or
> whatever,  in the current directory and all subdirectories below it?

find . -name '*.xyz' -print |xargs rm -f

Just be sure the metacharacter '*' is going to match only what you 
expect to remove. :)

> 
> 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?
> 
> 
> - Gary
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