[ILUG] Does thios look right? rm rpms

[Pádraig Brady]

On 01/01/2012 01:41 PM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> Line wrap.
> 
> rm /nfs/yum/i386/16/_local/packages/!(bleachbit* | mousepad* | notecase_pro* |  atrpms* |  fedorautils* | autoplus*)
> 
> I want to keep what's in the brackets (rpms),
> (scratch builds, purchased, 3rd party)
> 

I'd probably do:

find /nfs/yum/i386/16/_local/packages/ -type f ! \( -name 'bleachbit*' -o -name 'mousepad*' \) |
xargs -r rm

For testing, one can just remove the 'rm'
and `xargs` will echo the parameters.

cheers,
Pádraig