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Asked: May 19, 20262026-05-19T09:23:56+00:00 2026-05-19T09:23:56+00:00

Google is not helping me and I can’t figure out the syntax. for file

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Google is not helping me and I can’t figure out the syntax.

for file in *_01.html
  do 
    <I want to say if a file does NOT end in *_01.html OR *.pdf then delete it>
  done

so in one directory, I’m trying to get it to loop through each file and if that file does NOT end in whatever_01.html OR whatever.pdf then delete it.

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    2026-05-19T09:23:57+00:00Added an answer on May 19, 2026 at 9:23 am

    In bash:

    shopt -s extglob
    rm !(*_01.html|*.pdf)
    
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