If specific text found in file, del file

[BAT Beginner]

I need a code that would detect a specific text in a file, and if that text is found, it be deleted.
Would anyone happen to know such a code?

[!k]

find /i "a specific text" file.txt && del file.txt /q
or
findstr /r /c:"[Aa] [Ss]pecific [Tt]ext" file.txt && del file.txt /q
findstr can use regular expressions

[BAT Beginner]

could you do *.* instead of file.txt? would that work?I'ma go find out.

[!k]

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for /f "delims=" %%f in ('findstr /m /c:"a specific text" "d:\path\*.txt"') do del "%%~ff"

Sure to use the path or extension, because this code also contains a "a specific text" and the batch file will erase itself