[Technic] linux help

[Scott Mayo]

Scott Mayo wrote:
> Scott Mayo wrote:
> 
>>Scott Mayo wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Ricky Nance wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>The way I ran it here at home was rm `ls | grep -v save` -fdr and it 
>>>>worked...
>>>>the ls * shows the files under save1, save2, etc.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>When I did an 'ls | grep -v keep', then it did not list the actually 
>>>directory, but it did list the files in it.  Since it listed the 
>>>files, I figured that the above command would have kept the save 
>>>directory, but would have deleted the files.  I'll try it since you 
>>>said it worked.
>>>
>>
>>Ok, it worked here also.  I guess that I should not assume when I see 
>>certain things, but just try it. :)
>>
> 
> 
> Ok, I need to wake up this morning.  I just realized what you said and 
> what I did.  I was sticking the '*' in my ls command and was not paying 
> attention to that. :)
> 

Well this works fine except for all the directories with spaces in them. 
  I have told and told the teachers not to put spaces in things!!!

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