using rm *.rpm but keep some files?

[Theodore Papadopoulo]

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On 01/01/2012 01:56 PM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> I'm trying to remove rpms from my local repo. But keep some named
> files.
> 
> Would this work: find /path/to/repo/*.rpm | grep -v "foo* bar*" |
> rm *.rpm
> 

Make it

find /path/to/repo/*.rpm -print | grep -v "foo* bar*" | xargs rm

and that should work (not tested).



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