Finding & deleting backup files, log files

Deleting *~ .log
find $PWD \( -name \*~ -or -name \*.o -or -name \*.log -or -name \*\#\) -exec rm -f {} \;

ZIP
find $PWD \( -name \*.tex -or -name \*README\* -or -name \*readme\* \) -exec gzip -9 {} \;