enki 13:09:08 /tmp/foo/bar $ find . ! -name "*.xml" ! -name "*.js" -type f -delete enki 13:12:23 /tmp/foo/bar $
Deletes all files in a folder that are NOT *.foo, *.bar or *.baz files. Edit the pattern inside the brackets as you like. Show Sample Output
it will remove everything except the file names matching you can use also use wildcards
Remove everything except that file with shell tricks inside a subshell to avoid changes in the environment.
help shopt
Go to tmp : cd /tmp; mkdir retmp; cd retmp Create 10 files : for i in {1..10}; do touch test$i; done Remove all files except test10 : rm !(test10)
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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