How can I remove all in folder and exclude specific folders and files?
(As example with tar: tar --exclude="folder"
).
Edit: I can delete files and folders.
How can I remove all in folder and exclude specific folders and files?
(As example with tar: tar --exclude="folder"
).
Edit: I can delete files and folders.
NOTE: Be careful running the following commands.
find . -type 'f' | grep -v "NameToExclude" | xargs rm
find . -type 'd' | grep -v "NameToExclude" | xargs rmdir
The rm function does not have an exclude function. Instead you can use rm *.txt
to delete only text files, rm *.pdf
to delete only PDF files, rm a*
to delete only files starting with the letter a, rm *d
to delete only files ending with the letter d, etc.
Using this method, you can relatively quickly delete all the files except the ones you don't want to.