How to delete multiple file same extension but keep newest one [closed]

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I want to delete *.zip or *.log files but keep last created one(newest).

For example:

text-ids.zip(12.10.2013)
text-ids.zip(13.10.2013)
..
.
text-ids.zip(19.10.2013) <-- keep this one

Answer 1

ls -ct *.zip | tail -n +2 | xargs rm

• ls -ct show files, sorted by ctime
• tail -n +2 remove first line
• xargs rm call rm on the remaining