Linux find file and directories and delete

Use the first to delete directories also second only files

Skip -exec and all after just to search so you dont delete the wrong stuff.

find . -name NAME_TO_FIND -exec rm -rf {} \;

OR

find . -type f -name NAME_TO_FIND -exec rm -f {} \;

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