On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 02:32:35 +0200 Udo Rader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi,
>
> I have a directory that contains several hundred files and I want to
> copy them all except _one_ file.
>
> This sounds so easy yet still I am stuck or blind or stupid. Is there no
> "not" operator in bash?
>
> If it were, some construct like the thing below could then list all
> files in "/opt/too_many_files" except "no_not_this_one":
>
> % ls -l /opt/too_many_files/*{!no_not_this_one}
% cp `ls /opt/too_many_files/* | grep -v no_not_this_one` destination
This won't follow directories (just files); but you should get the idea...
> Yes, I know this doesn't work, but is there any other efficient way to
> do this in bash?
You'll probably get other fancier solutions -- If one command won't do the
job... think "pipe"...
> happy hacking
>
> udo
>
>
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