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Delete all files in a floder with a particular match of regex
# It will delete all the files with there names matching the regex at once.
ls | grep <regex> | xargs rm
# eg.
# If we have files in our folder as "file.txt", "example.php", "new.html", "file_one.rb"
# For deleting files with "file" in their names just execute
# ls | grep file | xargs rm
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