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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Can I skip files when running rm command Post 302804133 by John K on Wednesday 8th of May 2013 05:27:12 AM
Old 05-08-2013
Can I skip files when running rm command
Platform: Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2

I have several files like below. I want to remove all files except one file

For example , I want to remove all the files below except
Code:
dasd_91197.trc

Code:
$ ls -alrt *.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8438784 May 7 21:30 dasd_91177.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8439296 May 7 21:30 dasd_91178.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8439296 May 7 21:30 dasd_91179.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8436736 May 7 21:30 dasd_91180.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8438784 May 7 21:30 dasd_91181.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8439296 May 7 21:30 dasd_91182.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8438784 May 7 21:30 dasd_91183.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8438272 May 7 21:30 dasd_91184.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8439296 May 7 21:30 dasd_91186.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8437760 May 7 21:30 dasd_91185.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8437248 May 7 21:31 dasd_91187.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8439808 May 7 21:31 dasd_91188.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8439296 May 7 21:31 dasd_91189.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8437760 May 7 21:31 dasd_91190.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8440832 May 7 21:31 dasd_91191.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8436224 May 7 21:31 dasd_91192.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8441856 May 7 21:31 dasd_91193.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8437248 May 7 21:31 dasd_91194.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8437248 May 7 21:31 dasd_91195.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8437248 May 7 21:31 dasd_91200.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8437248 May 7 21:31 dasd_91199.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8436736 May 7 21:31 dasd_91198.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8436736 May 7 21:31 dasd_91197.trc ---------------> Don't remove this file
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8436736 May 7 21:31 dasd_91196.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8439808 May 7 21:31 dasd_91202.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8436736 May 7 21:31 dasd_91201.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8441344 May 7 21:31 dasd_91203.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8441344 May 7 21:31 dasd_91204.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8438272 May 7 21:31 dasd_91205.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8441856 May 7 21:31 dasd_91206.trc
-rw-r----- 1 ecmdev wms  8437248 May 7 21:31 dasd_91207.trc

Sometimes I have deal with thousands of files and I might have keep one or two. In this case, I have to run individual rm commands for all the files I have to remove; hence looking for this solution
 

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update-metainit

UPDATE-METAINIT(1)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					UPDATE-METAINIT(1)

NAME

       update-metainit - Generates init scripts

SYNOPSIS

       update-metainit [--remove initname [--purge] ]

DESCRIPTION

       Metainit solves the problem of writing good init scripts. Instead of manually creating these important files, they are derived from a
       declaritive description in the metainit files in /etc/metainit. These files can be shipped with packages or created by the local adminis-
       trator.

       If update-metainit called without argument, it will regenerate init scripts for all the files in /etc/metainit. The generated files contain
       a large warning in form of a comment that they will be overridden. Modifications are preferably done in the files in /etc/metainit and made
       effective by running update-metainit. If needed, the administrator can prevent modified init files by removing the warning comment.

OPTIONS

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	   Only usable with --remove. Will remove the generated files even if modified.

SEE ALSO

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