How to delete all files apart from a set of directories using rm command inlinux?

Question

I want to delete all the files in a folder apart from my LOG directory and my reports directory. Is there a way to do that in Linux terminal using rm command ?

Answer 1

I want to delete all the files in a folder apart from my LOG directory and my reports directory.

rm -rf !(LOG|reports)

Make sure that you have extglob option enabled:

shopt -s extglob

Answer 2

$rm -rf [your directory path to delete]

此命令将删除所选目录以及其中的所有文件和文件夹。