How to remove all files in a directory with a certain extension
In this case we want to remove all files with the extension .jpg
In our current folder I have these files
├── a.jpg
├── b.jpg
├── c.jpg
├── d.png
├── somemovie.mp4
└── someothermovie.mp5And after running
find . -type f -name '*.jpg' -exec rm -f {} +I am left with
.
├── d.png
├── somemovie.mp4
└── someothermovie.mp5If you wanted to exclude certain files you could use client;
find . -type f \( -name '*.jpg' ! -name 'exclude.jpg' ! -name 'another_exclude.jpg' \) -exec rm -f {} +