How to remove all files except .jpeg?

Question

I have a folder that consists of other folders (whose names are unknown), .tar archives and JPEG images. How can I remove everything except .jpeg files?

Essentially the same as Delete all files except files with the extension pdf in a directory — steeldriver, Mar 15 '17 at 14:20

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '17 at 14:22

use below command :

ls -1 | grep -v "jpeg" | xargs -I {} rm -rf {}.

ls -1 show all content of your directory -1 will show each file in one line .

grep -v "jpeg" work in reverse mode means just only those file that's not end with "jpeg" .

and last command xargs accept each file name from previous command and pass it to rm command to delete those file.

How to remove all files except .jpeg?

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