#! /bin/bash

# Place this script in a directory containing many directories, say dir1, dir2, .... 
# This script goes into each directory, to remove all *.dat files. 
# Modify the suffix *.dat to remove other file type. 
# Be reminded that all the *.dat, including the desired one, will also be removed indiscriminately. 


find . -type f -name "*.dat" -print| while read obj
do
echo 'removing' $obj
rm $obj
done

# end script