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Old 10-28-2015
Remove all files with specific file names in directory
If I have 5 files in a directory, what is the best way to remove specific files in it?

For example,
Code:
snps.ivg
probes.ivg[
probes.txt
snps_probes.txt
all.txt

Desired output
Code:
probes.ivg
probes.txt
all.txt

Basically, removing those files with "snp" in the filename regardless of extension. Thank you Smilie.
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Old 10-28-2015
Code:
rm *snp*

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Old 10-28-2015
That works great. Thank you Smilie.
Last edited by cmccabe; 10-28-2015 at 11:10 AM..
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