Delete all but newest -img directory [duplicate]

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I need help with a script that deletes all but the newest -img directories.

Contents of /media/andy/MAXTOR_SDB2/

01-16-18-img  
2018-01-26-11-img  
Clonezilla_Images  
Family_Movies_AND_PICS  
lost+found  
MAXTOR_SDB2  
sdb2_listing.txt  
SDB2_Mountpoint

muru

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asked Jan 27, 2018 at 10:51

fixit7

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Since you have just two -img folders, it's probably simplest to maually see which is newer and set GLOBIGNORE to that directory's name.
– muru
Jan 27, 2018 at 11:13
I don't see how GLOBIGNORE can work as those -img directories will have different names because of the dates in the file name.
– fixit7
Jan 27, 2018 at 16:45
If they didn't have different names they'd be the same directory, I'd suppose.
– muru
Jan 27, 2018 at 16:55

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