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    find command:https://www.howtouselinux.com/post/find-file-by-name-in-linux
    # Use find command, find all *.txt files but ignore foo.txt
    find . -type f \( -iname "*.txt" ! -iname "foo.txt" \)
    # To delete file add -delete or -exec your-delete-command-here option.
    find . -type f \( -iname "*.txt" ! -iname "foo.txt" \) -delete
    # To select folder or dirs use -type d, in this example, find all folders and ignore foo and bar folder :
    find . -type d \( ! -iname "foo" ! -iname "bar" \)
    # To delete folders except foo and bar
    find . -type d \( ! -iname "foo" ! -iname "bar" \) -execdir rm -rfv {} +
    # Be careful while deleting files and dirs.