Selection text frame in linked text frame remove

I chose in the text frame the linked text frames
get out of text and I want to delete a text frame
Is it possible that a command letter
same thing selecting the external can

Ok. Try now,
var doc = app.activeDocument;
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "~a";
var found = app.selection[0].findGrep();
for(var i =found.length-1;i>=0;i--)
        var ip = found[i].insertionPoints[0];
        if(found[i].allPageItems[0] instanceof TextFrame)
                var cont = found[i].allPageItems[0].texts[0].duplicate(LocationOptions.AFTER,ip);
                found[i].remove();
Regards,
Chinna

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