title: How to remove folders with a certain name
body: <p>In Linux, how do I remove folders with a certain name which are nested deep in a folder hierarchy?</p>
  
  <p>The following paths are under a folder and I would like to remove all folders named <code>a</code>.  </p>
  
  <pre><code>1/2/3/a
  1/2/3/b
  10/20/30/a
  10/20/30/b
  100/200/300/a
  100/200/300/b
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What Linux command should I use from the parent folder?</p>