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I have directories with sub directories containing .srt files. I need to go through the directories and delete them all. I know how to find them like so:

find ./directory -name *.srt

but I'm not sure how to pipe them to rm.

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  • First of all you should quote *.srt to avoid shell globbing. Without the quotes it will work as you expect only when there are no *.srt files in the current directory.
    – Kamil Maciorowski
    Jun 9, 2017 at 16:57

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The syntax is a little bit tricky:

find ./directory -name "*.srt" -exec rm {}  \;
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    it'd be nicer to use -delete
    – djsmiley2kStaysInside
    Jun 9, 2017 at 17:00
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    -exec rm {} \; spawns rm for every file. -exec rm {} + removes many files at once; -delete is the best because it doesn't create new processes, I believe.
    – Kamil Maciorowski
    Jun 9, 2017 at 17:04
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    @djsmiley2k though -delete isn't strictly portable, though BSD and GNU both support it. It isn't specified in POSIX though, but if you've got it that's the way to go
    – Eric Renouf
    Jun 9, 2017 at 17:56
  • Here's what I used and it worked fine. Thanks to all those who answered and commented: find TV_Recordings/ -name "*.srt" -delete
    – Widgeteye
    Jun 9, 2017 at 18:01

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