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Asked: 2026-06-12T15:42:07+00:00

Let me present an example and than try to explain my problem: noob@noob:~/Downloads$ ls

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Let me present an example and than try to explain my problem:

noob@noob:~/Downloads$ ls | grep srt$
Elementary - 01x01 - Pilot.LOL.English.HI.C.orig.Addic7ed.com.srt
Haven - 01x01 - Welcome to Haven.DVDRip.SAiNTS.English.updated.Addic7ed.com.srt
Haven - 01x01 - Welcome to Haven.FQM.English.HI.C.updated.Addic7ed.com.srt
Supernatural - 08x01 - We Need to Talk About Kevin.LOL.English.HI.C.updated.Addic7ed.com.srt
The Big Bang Theory - 06x02 - The Decoupling Fluctuation.LOL.English.HI.C.orig.Addic7ed.com.srt
Torchwood - 1x01 - Everything changes.0TV.English.orig.Addic7ed.com.srt
Torchwood - 1x01 - Everything changes.divx.English.updated.Addic7ed.com.srt

Now I only want to delete the first four results of the above command. Normally if I have to delete all the files I would do ls | grep srt$ | xargs -I {} rm {} but in this case I only want to delete the top four.

So, how can limit the output of ls and grep or suggest me an alternate way to achieve this.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can pipe your commands to head -n to limit to n lines:

    ls | grep srt | head -4
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