How to delete files starting with a specific letter

Question

I want rm all the files in the directory, not starting with the letter I or N - what is the easiest way to do this in bash?

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LordDoskias Oct 24 '11 at 11:26

2 answers

Another way:

 find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "[^NI]*" -delete

Obviously, this option is worse;)

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vicentazo Oct 24 '11 at 11:37

Mark longair · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-24T11:27:31+0000

You can do the following:

rm [^IN]*

[^IN] is a pattern that matches any character except I or N - this syntax is described in the Matching Pattern section of the bash manual.