help with bash remove files script

heropage · 11-03-2010, 02:47 PM

I am trying to remove all the files except like [number].mpg in my folder.
my folder have files like this
1234.mpg
3535.mpg
abce.mpg
abc123.mpg
3245.mpg
....

I want to all the files which is not a number. In this example, I want to remove
abce.mpg
abc123.mpg

I can not figure out a bash script to remove.
Please help

catkin · 11-03-2010, 03:11 PM

You can list the files you want to delete with *[0-9].mpg, for example echo *[0-9].mpg

heropage · 11-04-2010, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by catkin

You can list the files you want to delete with *[0-9].mpg, for example echo *[0-9].mpg

Thanks for the reply
I can use
ls *[0-9].mpg
to list the files.
But how to remove the file which is not *[0-9].mpg

I am new to bash.