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Old 02-12-2010
how to find files not suffix with .c
if I want to search those files which were suffix with .c,
I can use find ./ -name *.c

but how to find out those files which were not suffix with .c ??

Thanks a lot!
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Old 02-12-2010
Code:
find ./ ! -name *.c

# 3  
Old 02-12-2010
Quote the *. to avoid accidental mismatches.

Code:
find ./ -type f ! -name \*\.c

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