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delete multiple files/directory with exclusion

I have multiple files in a directory and I was logged in thru my bash shell. Then I just issue the command below. rm -rf $(ls|grep -E '[^(^ext$)|(mootools)]') grep -E will execute an extended regular expression so ext and mootools will be retain or excluded upon deletion of files in the current directory.