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Re: keeping the two latest files on a folder



On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 06:46:31PM -0400, Chris Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 03:35:19PM EDT, Håkon Alstadheim wrote:
> > Israel Garcia skrev:
> >> 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?
> >>
> >>   
> > untested, run it with 'echo' in front first to test:
> > rm $(ls -rt | sed '1,2d')
> 
> sed rocks...!


indeed. wow. 

A

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