Remove multiple objects with rm()

Question

My memory is getting clogged by a bunch of intermediate files (call them temp1, temp2, etc). Is it possible to remove them from memory without doing rm(temp1),

Answer 1

Or using regular expressions

"rmlike" <- function(...) {
  names <- sapply(
    match.call(expand.dots = FALSE)$..., as.character)
  names = paste(names,collapse="|")
  Vars <- ls(1)
  r <- Vars[grep(paste("^(",names,").*",sep=""),Vars)]
  rm(list=r,pos=1)
}

rmlike(temp)