On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 14:24 -0500, Israel Garcia wrote: > Hi List, > > It's a simple question but difficult to me :-). > > How can I delete all files on a folder /xxxx but keeping only the two > latest (newest) files?
Try the following script:
-- snip --
#!/bin/sh -e
# Removes all but the 2 youngest files from the current directory.
# Bails out if directory contains less than 2 files.
function skip() {
cnt=$1 ; shift
for i in $(seq $cnt); do shift ; done
echo $@
}
rm $(skip 2 $(ls -t))
-- snip --
HTH
Siggy
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