Answers for "linux remove pattern crom all files"

linux remove files except

/* " Be Careful !!! This will delete your folders recursively !!! " 
The below script was used to remove all files exept the last 5 in a pipline 
The ls -1v sorts the folders ascending by number. 
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sudo ls -1v | head -n -5 | xargs rm -r

remove all files in a directory linux that match pattern

find . -name '*.orig' #-delete