April 2, 2024

Remove a specific range of files at once from the command line

$ rm file[1,23].pdf

will remove three files: 1, 2, 3; not files from 1 to 23.

If you want to remove file 1 to 23 use:

$ rm file{1..23}.pdf

Try with ls first.


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