Answer: Delete all files except the newest 3 in bash script

answer re: Delete all files except the newest 3 in bash script

Nov 5 '14

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This will list all files except the newest three:

ls -t | tail -n +4

This will delete those files:

ls -t | tail -n +4 | xargs rm --

This will also list dotfiles:

ls -At | tail -n +4

and delete with dotfiles:

ls -At | tail -n

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