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| EnderUNIX tipsMail to My Friend , Home Page[ Shell Scripting ] "STRING REMOVAL" - Ülkü SAYILAN - (2003-12-10 06:29:12) [3188] STRING REMOVAL What the following does: rm `ls -al | grep str | awk '{if ($9 !~ /^str/) {print $9}'` Removes all files that contains the string "str" excepts those that begin with it. Changing the !~ to =~ does the opposite. Mail to My Friend , Home Page |  |