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# 1  
Old 10-15-2009
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How can i delete the contents of the directory except one file?
# 2  
Old 10-15-2009
Move or Copy the one file to somewhere else, then delete everything.

More details about the names of your files might allow someone to create an rm command which helps.

Or...
Code:
ls -1 | grep -v "^MY_FILE$" | xargs rm -f

or

ls -a1 | grep -Ev "^(\.|\.\.|MY_FILE)$" | xargs rm -f

Last edited by Scott; 10-15-2009 at 09:40 AM.. Reason: typo in grep.... twice!
# 3  
Old 10-15-2009
The list of files in the directory is:
EDF
EDFINSTALLER.sh
EDF.tar.gz
abcd.bin

I don't want to delete EDFINSTALLER.sh
# 4  
Old 10-15-2009
Code:
find . -type f \( -name . -o -prune -a ! -name EDFINSTALLER.sh \) -exec echo rm {} \;

If that's what you want just remove the echo
# 5  
Old 10-15-2009
function of echo
What is the function of echo here?

---------- Post updated at 07:58 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:53 AM ----------

I just forgot to mention that EDF is a folder
# 6  
Old 10-15-2009
Code:
ls -1 | grep -v "^MY_FILE$" | xargs -I{} rm -f {} 2>/dev/null

# 7  
Old 10-15-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by proactiveaditya
What is the function of echo here?
For safety we use echo to see what files will be deleted.
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