[How To] Delete all but some files in UNIX
While deleting or removing files from orr file system, sometimes we wish to exclude files which satisfy a certain criteria.
The below tutorial explains how to delete all files except the files that have a certain text in their file name.
::syntax::
$ rm !(*pattern_to_exclude*)
The above rm command tells the shell to delete all the files in the current directory except the files that match the pattern inside the parenthesis. The '!' acts as a negation operator.
The below screen-shot illustrates the same. It deletes all the files in the current directory except for the files that contain the string "Dont" in the filename.
remove / delete all files except a few [click on the image to enlarge]
The below tutorial explains how to delete all files except the files that have a certain text in their file name.
::syntax::
$ rm !(*pattern_to_exclude*)
The above rm command tells the shell to delete all the files in the current directory except the files that match the pattern inside the parenthesis. The '!' acts as a negation operator.
The below screen-shot illustrates the same. It deletes all the files in the current directory except for the files that contain the string "Dont" in the filename.
remove / delete all files except a few [click on the image to enlarge]
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