How to delete all files of a specefic name from /?

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I want to delete all files named typhoon.svg from / partition. How to do that via command line?

What... you mean all files with that name in ANY directory? – Rinzwind Jul 08 '14 at 17:45 — Rinzwind, Jul 08 '14 at 17:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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sudo find / -name "typhoon.svg" -type f -delete

See this post for some more explanations.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Jul 08 '14 at 17:47

Radu Rădeanu

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I usually do a "dry run" with find before I pipe it to delete, mainly because I am prone to typos. If the output looks good, repeat command with bash history and deletne. – Panther Jul 08 '14 at 17:55
@bodhi.zazen Exactly, for this I gave as reference the link from the answer. ...In this case, run first: `find / -name "typhoon.svg" -type f` – Radu Rădeanu Jul 08 '14 at 17:57

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