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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Can I skip files when running rm command Post 302804145 by hanson44 on Wednesday 8th of May 2013 10:34:02 PM
Old 05-08-2013
Here is one possible way:
Code:
ls | grep -v dasd_91197.trc | xargs rm

If more than one file to retain:
Code:
ls | grep -v -e dasd_91197.trc -e someother.trc | xargs rm

---------- Post updated at 04:49 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:36 AM ----------

For just the *.trc extension files:
Code:
ls | grep "\.trc$" | grep -v dasd_91197.trc | xargs rm

Or probably better to use find to generate the list of files:
Code:
find . -type f -name "*.trc" | grep -v dasd_91197.trc | xargs rm

---------- Post updated at 09:34 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:49 AM ----------

One other thing came to me, and I think important. find command of course also finds files in subdirectories (might cause a big problem, maybe remove files you had not intended to remove). So you might need to use find -maxdepth option, as follows:
Code:
$ find . -name "*.sh" -print
./xxx/test.sh
./test.sh
./test-2.sh

Code:
$ find . -maxdepth 1 -name "*.sh" -print
./test.sh
./test-2.sh

So: find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.trc" | grep -v dasd_91197.trc | xargs rm
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pegasus-remove

PEGASUS-REMOVE(1)														 PEGASUS-REMOVE(1)

NAME

       pegasus-remove - removes a workflow that has been planned and submitted using pegasus-plan and pegasus-run

SYNOPSIS

       pegasus-remove [-d dagid] [-v] [rundir]

DESCRIPTION

       The pegasus-remove command remove a submitted/running workflow that has been planned and submitted using pegasus-plan and pegasus-run. The
       command can be invoked either in the planned directory with no options and arguments or just the full path to the run directory.

OPTIONS

       By default pegasus-remove does not require any options or arguments if invoked from within the planned workflow directory. If running the
       command outside the workflow directory then a full path to the workflow directory needs to be specified or the dagid of the workflow to be
       removed.

       pegasus-remove takes the following options:

       -d dagid, --dagid dagid
	   The workflow dagid to remove

       -v, --verbose
	   Raises debug level. Each invocation increase the level by 1.

       rundir
	   Is the full qualified path to the base directory containing the planned workflow DAG and submit files. This is optional if
	   pegasus-remove command is invoked from within the run directory.

RETURN VALUE

       If the workflow is removed successfully pegasus-remove returns with an exit code of 0. However, in case of error, a non-zero exit code
       indicates problems. An error message clearly marks the cause.

FILES

       The following files are opened:

       braindump
	   This file is located in the rundir. pegasus-remove uses this file to find out paths to several other files.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       PATH
	   The path variable is used to locate binary for condor_rm.

SEE ALSO

       pegasus-plan(1), pegasus-run(1)

AUTHORS

       Gaurang Mehta <gmehta at isi dot edu>

       Jens-S. Vockler <voeckler at isi dot edu>

       Pegasus Team http://pegasus.isi.edu

								    05/24/2012							 PEGASUS-REMOVE(1)
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