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Unix - delete files and folders excluding PATTERN
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Problem
Recently I was faced with the task of deleting all the files/folders in a directory excluding those matching a specific pattern. So I cooked up a single-line unix command to do the work. Must it be only one line? I suppose not, but it's definitely cooler that way! While the problem is pretty simple…
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ls | grep -v PATTERN | xargs -n1 -IREPLACE rm -rf REPLACE
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Fix for: Unix - delete files and folders excluding PATTERN
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The following examples have prefixed so that you can test the patterns before actually using them. Remove the to activate the . Substitute to prompt for confirmation. ksh has a negative match extension to its globbing: The same syntax is available i…
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