Remove all files apart from some specified - Revision history

George2 at 16:25, 6 January 2015

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George2 at 15:44, 6 January 2015

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George2 at 15:42, 6 January 2015

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George2 at 15:39, 6 January 2015

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George2 at 12:03, 6 January 2015

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George2: Created page with "< source lang="text"> ## Delete all file except file1 ## rm !(file1) ## Delete all file except file1 and file2 ## rm !(file1|file2) ## Delete all file except all zip fil..."

2015-01-06T12:02:10Z

Created page with "< source lang="text"> ## Delete all file except file1 ## rm !(file1) ## Delete all file except file1 and file2 ## rm !(file1|file2) ## Delete all file except all zip fil..."

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## Delete all file except file1 ##
rm !(file1)

## Delete all file except file1 and file2 ##
rm !(file1|file2)

## Delete all file except all zip files ##
rm !(*.zip)

## Delete all file except all zip and iso files ##
rm !(*.zip|*.iso)

## You set full path too ##
rm /Users/vivek/!(*.zip|*.iso|*.mp3)

## Pass options ##
rm [options] !(*.zip|*.iso)
rm -v !(*.zip|*.iso)
rm -f !(*.zip|*.iso)
rm -v -i !(*.php)
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 cat /x/y/oratab | egrep -i "pattern1|pattern2"
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      ls | grep -v pdf shows the opposite: all except what I want to keep. In other words, it shows the list of things I want to delete. I can confirm this before doing anything dangerous.
      ls | grep -v pdf | xargs rm sends exactly that list to rm for deletion
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 rm PATH/!(*.txt)
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 rm -f  !(*.zip|*.iso)
 rm -v -i  !(*.php)
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 ## Delete all file except file1 ##
 rm  !(file1)