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}
>
> Yes, I know this doesn't work, but is there any other efficient way to do
> this in bash?
>
> happy hacking
>
> udo
>
>
one easy way ...
GLOBIGNORE="no_not_this_one"
then any glob like * will ignore this file
bye
jipe
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