How do I delete all files with a certain name under subdirectories?

[SNYP40A1]

I want to delete all files with a specific name found below some subdirectory? Does anyone know a command to do this (I prefer to keep all other files :-) I think it will involve the find command, but not sure how to chain it to delete.

[mssever]

I want to delete all files with a specific name found below some subdirectory? Does anyone know a command to do this (I prefer to keep all other files :-) I think it will involve the find command, but not sure how to chain it to delete.

rm */filename #or
rm dir{1,2,3}/filename #or
for i in *; do
[[ -d "$i" ]] && rm "$i"/filename
done

[ghostdog74]

find /path -type f -name "filename" -delete

[SNYP40A1]

find /path -type f -name "filename" -delete


Thanks, this also works:

find . -name "dcc*" -delete

Not sure why the -type f is needed.

[ghostdog74]

see the man page for definition of -type f

[Martin Witte]

Thanks, this also works:

find . -name "dcc*" -delete

Not sure why the -type f is needed.

'-type f' is needed if you just want to delete regular files, and not eg. directories