Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:46:39 +0200 (CEST) From: Malte Lance <malte.lance@gmx.net> To: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com> Cc: "q's" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: removing files Message-ID: <13777.47045.480782.154919@neuron.webmore.de> In-Reply-To: <35D195D9.CD9E1460@graphnet.com> References: <35D195D9.CD9E1460@graphnet.com>
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Roman Katsnelson writes: > Hi, > > Let's say I have a directory with la.txt and foo.sh and 6 million other > files. Let's say that directory is named "/tmp" > > Can I issue a command that says: delete everything BUT la.txt and > foo.sh yes. > > > According to man rm there's no way to do it with that one. Is there an > alternative? Yes. "man grep" is your friend. Try (in [ba]sh-world) : rm -f `/bin/ls /tmp/. | grep -v -e la.txt | grep -v -e foo.sh` The tickmarks are back-ticks ! Malte. > > Thanks, > > Roman > -- > Roman Katsnelson > UNIX Network Engineer > Graphnet, Inc. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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