How to delete all files expect specific file type in the folder using command line [closed]

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Question

I have lot of files in specific folder.

I want to delete all files expect *.html file type in that folder.

Is there any way to do this in command line? I am using Linux.

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Solution

I'll assume that you refer to linux command line, please update your question if not.

find ./folder/to/look/in -not -iname '*.html' -exec rm {} \;

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If you have not too many files then you might want to make find execute one single rm command. You can do that with using + instead of ;

find ./folder/to/look/in -not -iname '*.html' -exec rm {} +

Here's an explanation of this one

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