You can delete all files in a directory except for a few by using the find
command with the -delete
option and excluding the desired files with the -not
option. Here’s an example:
find /path/to/directory/ -type f ! -name 'file1' ! -name 'file2' -delete
In this example, the find
command will search the directory at /path/to/directory/
for files (-type f
), and exclude any files named file1
or file2
(! -name 'file1' ! -name 'file2'
), before deleting all the files it finds (-delete
).
You can add as many ! -name
options as needed to exclude additional files.