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How to remove all files from a directory except a few ones?

I have a directory structure something like:

/var/www/html/pictures/media0/01/test_01.jpg
/var/www/html/pictures/media0/01/test_02.jpg
/var/www/html/pictures/media0/01/test_03.jpg
/var/www/html/pictures/media0/01/test_04.jpg
/var/www/html/pictures/media0/01/test_05.jpg

I would like to remove all files from 01 except test_03.jpg and test_05.jpg by using a linux command, maybe rm?

Any ideas?

Solution

  • The easiest way is to move the files you want to keep somewhere else, then delete the rest and move them back.

    If this is for a script and you need something fancier I can write something using find that will do it. Let me know.