Remove all files but one with rm

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Mar 15, 20264014 views

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Is there any way to remove all of the files in a directory except for one with a certain filename? For instance, if I had a directory containing the files , , and . Would there be any way to quickly delete , and and not ? I know that I could just do but that wouldn't work for a bunch of files. Also…

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