Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:15:43 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, romank@graphnet.com Subject: Re: removing files Message-ID: <199808121615.JAA20878@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <35D195D9.CD9E1460@graphnet.com>
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>Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:17:13 -0400 >From: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com> >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? How about rm `ls | egrep -v '^la\.txt|foo\.sh$'` ? david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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