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Created April 5, 2018 06:51
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Delete all files & exclude few
find . ! -name 'file.txt' -type f -exec rm -f {} +
will remove all regular files (recursively, including hidden ones) except file.txt. To remove directories, change -type f to -type d and add -r option to rm.
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