vxc69

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Hello,

Let's say I have 3 .sh files in a dir and a whole lot of files that are named like this:
index.html.1
index.html.2
index.html.3 ... and so on. How would I delete all of the html files? rm *.html won't work because of the number at the end. I know I could just move the 3 shell scripts out of there and delete the rest but I'm curious if there is another way without moving files. Anyone know?




Thanks,
vxc

p.s: If you think I can't do this with a single command and a shell script might work, I'll move this thread to the programming forum.

Gillingham

try:

This should do the trick provided the string "html" does not appear in any of the names of the files you don't want removed.

vxc69

Yup, that's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!!

Junior Hacker

OR
Providing the word "index" is not the 'first' word of any file,s name you do not want removed. If so, you can lengthen it to: