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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 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 | ls | grep -v pdf | xargs rm sends exactly that list to rm for deletion | ||
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| + | cat /x/y/oratab | egrep -i "pattern1|pattern2" | ||
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| + | cd /home/george2/Desktop/delete_test_for_Dan/html | ||
| + | ls /home/george2/Desktop/delete_test_for_Dan/html | egrep -v 'skills-careers|rb-openaccess'| xargs rm -rf {} \; | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:25, 6 January 2015
## 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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rm PATH/!(*.txt)
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ls shows me everything
ls | grep pdf shows me the files I want to keep. Hmm.
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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cat /x/y/oratab | egrep -i "pattern1|pattern2"
cd /home/george2/Desktop/delete_test_for_Dan/html
ls /home/george2/Desktop/delete_test_for_Dan/html | egrep -v 'skills-careers|rb-openaccess'| xargs rm -rf {} \;