Bash: Delete files listed in a text file

With so many unused py files in the project, I put together a few lines of code to get rid of them.

md5sum blank/tests.py
find -name "tests.py" -type f -exec md5sum {} + | grep 1fde9e174e80f7680d95dc905a3533a3 > empty_tests.txt

md5sum blank/models.py
find -name "models.py" -type f -exec md5sum {} + | grep 8c4eb991c6dca757bdd77f539092e29b > empty_models.txt

md5sum blank/views.py
find -name "views.py" -type f -exec md5sum {} + | grep ad656aaabae09dc285884ad38d889ef9 > empty_views.txt

# Delete any files listed in the text files
# awk splits up the md5 from the filename since md5sum output is "<hash> <filename>"
rm $(cat empty_*.txt | awk '{ print $2 }')

The first part collates a list of text files for any files with the common MD5 checksum.

In the second part:

• cat reads in each empty_*.txt file
• awk grabs the filename component of the checksum output
• rm removes each filename returned by cat/awk

Sources

• read list of filenames from text file, archive, and remove
• How To Use awk In Bash Scripting
• shell command/script to delete files whose names are in a text file