[TAG] I have a question about rm command. Would you please tell me how to remove all the files excepts certain Folder in Unix?

[Thomas Adam]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 08:53:22AM -0500, Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote:
> There, a nice portable solution. What, you have more objections? :)

Of course.  :P

> Note that I said "if *I* wanted to do a real search-and-destroy

You can't use _that_ as an excuse.  :)  Plenty of people use "I" when
they really mean "one" (but that's far too upper-class nowadays).

> mission". I use ext3 almost exclusively, so It Works For Me. To
> anyone who wants to include vfat, reiserfs, pcfs, iso9600, and
> malaysian_crack_monkey_of_the_week_fs, I wish the best of luck and a
> good supply of their tranquilizer of choice.

Bring it on.  Ketamine for me, thanks.  :)

-- Thomas Adam

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