How to delete files on the command line with regular expressions?
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Problem
Lets say I have 20 files named FOOXX, where XX is the number of the file, eg 01, 02 etc. At the moment, if I want to delete all files lower than the number 10, this is easy and I just use a wildcard, eg However, if I want to delete specific files ina range, eg 13-15, this becomes more difficult. do…
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rm FOO0*
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In bash you can use: or to delete FOO13, FOO14 and FOO15. Bash expansions brace are documented here.
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