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Subject: removing files
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Hello,

what about : (under csh)

foreach i (`ls | grep -v la.txt | grep -v foo.sh`)
rm $i
end

?

	TfH


> Hi,
> 
> Let's say I have a directory with la.txt and foo.sh and 6 million other
> files.
> 
> Can I issue a command that says: delete everything BUT la.txt and
foo.sh
> 
> 
> According to man rm there's no way to do it with that one. Is there an
> alternative?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roman
> -- 
> Roman Katsnelson                
> UNIX Network Engineer 
> Graphnet, Inc.
> 
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