Revisions to In linux, how to delete all files EXCEPT the pattern *.txt?

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edited Aug 10, 2017 at 22:15

One solution without find:

mv dir/*.txt otherdir/
rm -r /dir
mv otherdir dir

This should work on all kind of shells.

One solution without find:

mv dir/*.txt otherdir/
rm -r /dir
mv otherdir dir

This should work on all kind of shells.

One solution without find:

mv dir/*.txt otherdir/
rm -r dir
mv otherdir dir

This should work on all kind of shells.

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occurred Jun 5, 2013 at 19:48

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answered Jun 5, 2013 at 15:56

One solution without find:

mv dir/*.txt otherdir/
rm -r /dir
mv otherdir dir

This should work on all kind of shells.

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