Andrew Foster wrote:
> So, I have a list of random filenames in a text file:
> 
>         thing.mp3
>         pants.txt
>         yer.rtf
>         others.html
> 
> These files do exist on my system, except they're scattered throughout a
> directory tree hierachy, and there's no path info in my text file to say
> where.
> 
> I need to find the given files in the tree, then do stuff with them. For
> instance, delete them.

#!/bin/sh
for file in thing.mp3 pants.txt yer.rtf others.html; do
        find . -name $file | xargs rm -f
done

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