[michael]$ find2perl /path/to/directory -name '*.b' -exec rm {} \; #### #! /usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use File::Find (); sub wanted { /^.*\.b\z/s && (unlink($_) || warn "$name: $!\n"); } # Traverse desired filesystems File::Find::find({wanted => \&wanted}, '/path/to/directory'); exit;