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How to remove files

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Hi, In a directory in Unix OS. how to remove all files except the files whose name start with x? regards Ravi

Name: ghostdog
Date: May 25, 2006 at 00:14:32 Pacific

Reply:

find <directory> ! -name "x*" -exec rm -f {} \; substitute <directory> with the desired directory .

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Name: WilliamRobertson
Date: May 29, 2006 at 01:41:26 Pacific

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In ksh: rm !(x*) (test pattern first with ls) I'm pretty sure bash can do this if you enable an option somewhere, but I can't seem to find it at the moment.

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