[Technic] linux help

[Ricky Nance]

mkdir /dir1.bak; mv /dir1/save1 /dir1.bak; mv /dir1/save2 /dir1.bak; rm dir1
-fdr (use with caution!!!); mv dir1.bak dir1

Should work fine.

Ricky Nance

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:28:57 -0500, Scott Mayo wrote
> Is there a quick command to delete everything in a directory except 
> for certain directories?
> 
> i.e.  I have the directory /dir1 which contains a bunch of files and 
> other directories.  I want to delete everything in /dir1 except the 
> directories 'save1' and 'save2'.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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Ricky Nance