Remove files which have a certain syntax

Question

I have a couple of files which follow this syntax:

Example:

I would like to keep only this files

and delete the others. or maybe move them to a subdirectory to be safe...

Does someone has a smart on-liner for this challenge?

Thanks, Udo

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '11 at 18:52

2

In bash:

shopt -s extglob
rm !(*_2010-??-01_00h10m.*)

answered Jan 23 '11 at 18:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '11 at 18:31

1

very naive way

mkdir keep_these
mkdir remove_these
mv *_00h10m* keep_these
mv *.* remove_these

or a oneliner

ls * | grep -v "_00h10m" | while read a; do mv $a /tmp; done

answered Jan 23 '11 at 18:31

Nifle

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