- * = Coincide con cualquier cadena.
rm *.txt (Estarías borrando todos los archivos .txt)
- *a* = Coincide con cadenas que contienen el caracter a.
rm a*.txt (Estarías borrando los archivos .txt que contengan nombre que empiezan por a)
- *7* =Coincide con cualquier nombre que contiene un dígito, en este ejemplo el número 9.
rm *7*.avi (Estarías borrando todos los archivos .avi que contengan un número 7 en el nombre del archivo)
- *.[xy] = Relacionado con cualquier cadena que termine con .x o .y
rm *.[wm] (Estarías eliminando archivos que tengan cadena w o m después del . en el nombre del archivo)
- *[ab]* = Relacionado con cualquier cadena que contiene caracteres a o b
ls *[A-Z]*.txt (Eliminando cualquier archivo txt que contenga cadena a o b)
- *[76]* = Coincide con cualquier cadena que contiene caracteres 4 o 2
rm -v *[72]* (Estarías eliminando archivos que contengan caracterres 4 o 2)
- ? = Coincide con una cantidad de caracteres concreto. Si pones solo eso pues sería un caracter de nombre.
Ya está, con esos comandos podrás realizar la eliminación de lo que tu consideres. Te recomiendo primero usar ls para comprobar lo que vas a borrar primero. Luego el comando rm con ese mismo patrón.
Te dejo también el help del comando RM de linux que sirve para eliminar directorios y archivos en Linux.
NAME
rm - remove files or directories
SYNOPSIS
rm [OPTION]... FILE...
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each
specified file. By default, it does not remove directories.
If the -I or --interactive=once option is given, and there are more
than three files or the -r, -R, or --recursive are given, then rm
prompts the user for whether to proceed with the entire operation. If
the response is not affirmative, the entire command is aborted.
Otherwise, if a file is unwritable, standard input is a terminal, and
the -f or --force option is not given, or the -i or --interac‐
tive=always option is given, rm prompts the user for whether to remove
the file. If the response is not affirmative, the file is skipped.
OPTIONS
Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).
-f, --force
ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
-i prompt before every removal
-I prompt once before removing more than three files, or when
removing recursively. Less intrusive than -i, while still giv‐
ing protection against most mistakes
--interactive[=WHEN]
prompt according to WHEN: never, once (-I), or always (-i).
Without WHEN, prompt always
--one-file-system
when removing a hierarchy recursively, skip any directory that
is on a file system different from that of the corresponding
command line argument
--no-preserve-root
do not treat `/' specially
--preserve-root
do not remove `/' (default)
-r, -R, --recursive
remove directories and their contents recursively
-v, --verbose
explain what is being done
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
By default, rm does not remove directories. Use the --recursive (-r or
-R) option to remove each listed directory, too, along with all of its
contents.
To remove a file whose name starts with a `-', for example `-foo', use
one of these commands:
rm -- -foo
rm ./-foo
Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to
recover the contents of that file. If you want more assurance that the
contents are truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.
AUTHOR
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard M. Stallman, and Jim
Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report rm bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page:
Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
unlink(1), unlink(2), chattr(1), shred(1)
The full documentation for rm is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and rm programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
mand
info coreutils 'rm invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.