how to remove all /etc/*.txt files with puppet

Question

this puppet manifest will remove the file /etc/file.txt if it exists:

  file { "/etc/file.txt":
    ensure  => absent,
  }

how to tell puppet to remove all files /etc/*.txt?

according to the reference, it seems that puppet file does not allow wildcards. https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/types/file.html

ps: I am aware that I could execute a script from puppet, but I would prefer another more elegant way.

Answer 1

There's a built-in type for this called 'tidy', which allows you to specify a file glob pattern of files to remove.

Check it out at https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/types/tidy.html.