Delete matching files in all subdirectories

Remove all *.swp files underneath the current directory, use the command in one of the following forms: The option means find will directly delete the matching files. This is the best match to OP's actual question. Using means find will only process files. Option allows find to execute an arbitrary command per file. The first variant will run the command once per file, and the second will run as few commands as possible by replacing with as many parameters as possible. Piping the output to is u…