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I need to delete all files in a directory except for one that I have the name of. Let's say:

fs.unlink('./all except specialfile.txt', (err)) => { if (err) throw err; console.log('file deleted!'); }
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  • You'll probably need to read the list of files in the dir, then one at a time delete each, excluding your special file of course. Commented Apr 24, 2019 at 10:03

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You have to get all files in the directory and then compare the name and delete the file if file name does not match your file

const fs = require('fs'); const path = require('path'); fs.readdir('./', (err, files) => { if (err) { console.log(err); } files.forEach(file => { const fileDir = path.join('./', file); if (file !== 'specialfile.txt') { fs.unlinkSync(fileDir); } }); });
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