how to delete all the files with extension .dat rom a directory tree from root

how to delete all the files with extension .dat rom a
directory tree from root to third level in a single unix
command?

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how to delete all the files with extension .dat rom a directory tree from root to third level in a..

Answer / vipul dalwala

find . -name *.dat -maxdepth 3 -exec rm -f {} \;

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how to delete all the files with extension .dat rom a directory tree from root to third level in a..

Answer / sreekanth turuka

grep -l "*.dat" /dir1/dir2/dir3 | rm

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how to delete all the files with extension .dat rom a directory tree from root to third level in a..

Answer / saravanan

rm `find -maxdepth 2 -name *.dat`

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how to delete all the files with extension .dat rom a directory tree from root to third level in a..

Answer / lakshman

1st find the .dat file and place in file
example :
find . -name *.date > temp

then add rm infrent of paths in that file adn run the script.
example :
:%s/\.\//rm \.\//

open temp file run above vi command and rm the script

example :
sh temp

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