Loop through the arguments and find the files and folders to be deleted

delete_files_by_name.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if there are arguments
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "No arguments supplied. Please provide the names of the files or directories to be deleted."
    exit 1
fi

# Loop through the arguments and find the files and folders to be deleted
for name in "$@"; do
  # Find files and folders to be deleted and save the list
  found_items=$(find . -name "$name" -print 2>&1)

  # Check if there was an error
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "An error occurred during the search process. Stopping..."
    echo "Error details:"
    echo "$found_items"
    exit 1
  fi

  # If there was no error, print the items to be deleted
  echo "Items to be deleted:"
  echo "$found_items"
done

# Ask for user's confirmation
read -p "Are you sure you want to delete these files and folders? [y/N]: " confirm
confirm=$(echo $confirm | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')

# If the user confirms, delete the files and folders
if [[ $confirm =~ ^(yes|y)$ ]]; then
  for name in "$@"; do
    # Find and delete files and folders, saving the list of deleted items
    deleted_items=$(find . -name "$name" -print -exec rm -rf {} \; 2>/dev/null)

    # If there was no error, print the deleted items
    echo "Deleted items:"
    echo "$deleted_items"
  done

  # Remove empty directories
  find . -type d -empty -delete

  echo "Process completed."
else
  echo "Process cancelled."
fi