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Old 10-03-2011
How do I delete all files except one of a certain extension?
Let's say I wanna Delete all the files of a certain extension exept one.
How do I do it?

I know, if you wanna delete them all is with the command:

find ~/ -type f -iname '*.txt' -exec rm {} ~/ ';'

But If I want to keep an Specific file? Let's say I wanna keep 'Log.txt'. How do I do it?
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Old 10-04-2011
If satisfied with the o/p, then replace the "ls -ltr" command to "rm"
Code:
$ find /your/required/path -name "*.txt" ! -name "log.txt" -type f -exec ls -ltr {} \;

 
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