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.
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.
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| remove / delete all files except a few [click on the image to enlarge] |