Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 02:08:44 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: "Philip M. Gollucci" <gollucci@wam.umd.edu> Cc: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to delete all files but the XYZ file. Message-ID: <20000827020844.D64260@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0008261910550.2298-100000@rac1.wam.umd.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008261122230.16809-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0008261910550.2298-100000@rac1.wam.umd.edu>
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Philip M. Gollucci wrote: > the rm command supports regex expressions. No it doesn't. The rm command supports neither regexes nor glob patterns. Most *shells* support glob patterns, though they can't easily be used for this case, and I'm not sure how much regexes would help, if any shells support that. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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