Thread: simple command line question

howdy,

i've got command lets me recursively clean out that's not given file type:

find /target/directory ! -iname '*.mp3' -type f -exec echo /bin/rm -f '{}' \;

run on, say, musician's discography clean out .jpeg's , such. run once "echo" in place check, , without "echo" cleaning.

question is, how include "or" statement in allow, instance, both mp3's , wma's survive cleansing?

advanced thanks,
querent

another way same thing be:

code:

find /directory ! -iname "*.mp3" -type f -delete

to run "test" without deleting, do:

code:

find /directory ! -iname "*.mp3" -type f

for multiple filetypes, mess regular expression:

code:

find /directory ! -iname "*.(mp3|avi)" -type f -delete

sorry. after posted looked @ man page more. thought name had full regex capabilities, doesn't, , -iregex doesn't it's quite want either.

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