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Old 05-04-2017
Rm * excluding one file
Hi All,

I am trying to remove below file except the last one. With wild char It is removing all. Is there a way to exclude only one file and remove

files:
Code:
MM_6000_001
MM_6000_002
MM_6000_003
MM_6000_004

if I do
Code:
rm *

it is removing all. I want the exclude
Quote:
MM_6000_004
and remove others. any way ?


Code:
ls -lrt  MM_6000_* | grep -v 004

is getting me the desired out put in list not sure how can pass it to rm
# 2  
Old 05-04-2017
Code:
# Overwrite $1 .. parameters with $1=file1, $2=file2, ..., $n=filen
set -- MM_6000_*

while [ "$#" -gt 1 ]
do
        echo rm "$1"
        shift # Set $2=$1, $3=$2, ... $n-1=$n
done

Remove the echo once you've tested and are sure it does what you want.
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# 3  
Old 05-04-2017
With a recent bash, try the "extended pattern matching" after setting the option
Code:
shopt -s extglob
ls !(MM_6000_004)

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# 4  
Old 05-04-2017
Match MM_6000_ followed by all but 004
with bash
Code:
shopt -s extglob
ls MM_6000_!(004)

With zsh
Code:
setopt extendedglob
ls MM_6000_^004

# 5  
Old 05-04-2017
Unless I'm missing something how about:

Code:
rm [-i -v] `ls -1 * | grep -v -e X -e Y -e X`

# 6  
Old 05-04-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by arunkumar_mca
Hi All,

I am trying to remove below file except the last one. With wild char It is removing all. Is there a way to exclude only one file and remove

files:
Code:
MM_6000_001
MM_6000_002
MM_6000_003
MM_6000_004

if I do
Code:
rm *

it is removing all. I want the exclude and remove others. any way ?

Code:
ls -lrt  MM_6000_* | grep -v 004

is getting me the desired out put in list not sure how can pass it to rm

Code:
rm MM_6000_00[1-3]

# 7  
Old 05-05-2017
Another option:
Code:
ls (parameters if needed) >my.file
(edit my.file to remove the specific file)
xargs <my.file rm

To test, replace "rm" with "echo" and it will list the files to be removed.

Note my.file should contain only file names. If it was a full listing, the vi command of "1,$s/^.* //" should fix it. Note the space after the asterisk.
Last edited by wbport; 05-05-2017 at 11:32 AM.. Reason: Add 'only file names' line.
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