desktop cleaning

[Shibu C Varughese]

On 11/15/07, Shali 9846303531 <shalib2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear sir,
>
> I am using ubuntu for internet services in library, i need a command or a
> script that  will  delete  all the files from the desktop except some files
> like icons.
>
> waiting 4 replay
>
> --
> Shali.K.R
> Asst.Librarian(Digital)
> Vidya Academy of Science & Technology
> Thrissur, Kerala.
> Mob:9846303531


hi ...

you can try to write your own shell script... the script below will delete
all file in a particular directory expect the directories.

 ls -l |grep -v d| awk '{print $8}'|xargs rm


make changes to your pattern ...in the above ...line ...   :)


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