Script that Loops and searches for a specific file

[Dane45]

Hey guys,

Im trying to write a script that uses a loop to generate a list of certain files. I've got files that end with .csv and files that end with .dat. I would also like it to delete the files one at a time. I hope I can get some help with this script, im still very very new in Linux.

Thanks for your replies.

[lomcevak]

You can accomplish this with one command called 'find' as follows:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -name "*.csv" -o -name "*.dat" \) -exec rm -i {} \;

The '.' after find means search the current directory. Replace the dot with the directory you want to search. The '-i' option for the rm command means it'll prompt you as to whether to delete the file or not.