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# 1  
Old 08-17-2012
Fiding file except file name written in another file
HI All,

Actually i have file xxx.txt where entry is like as follow.
prepaid_123.txt
prepaid_134.txt
prepaid_156.txt

So my problem is i want to find all fille except these three file in current directly of same format prepaid_xxx.txt

Can you please help

Thanks in Adcance
# 2  
Old 08-17-2012
Perhaps the file is not needed, but regex in find will suffice..
Code:
find . -type f ! -name "prepaid_[0-9][0-9][0-9].txt"

# 3  
Old 08-17-2012
Like this?
Code:
eval "ls @(!("$(paste -sd'|' xxx.txt)")&prepaid_???.txt)"

Last edited by elixir_sinari; 08-17-2012 at 06:15 AM..
# 4  
Old 08-17-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by elixir_sinari
Getting Error OutPut is as follow
Code:
@(!(prepaid_123.txt|prepaid_134.txt|prepaid_156.txt)&prepaid_???.txt) not found

---------- Post updated at 06:06 AM ---------- Previous update was at 06:03 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Peasant
Below command not able to fine prepaid_135.txt which is not mentioned in xxx.txt. Because format is same
prepaid_[0-9][0-9][0-9].
Code:
find . -type f ! -name "prepaid_[0-9][0-9][0-9].txt"

---------- Post updated at 06:07 AM ---------- Previous update was at 06:06 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by sujit_kashyap
HI All,

Actually i have file xxx.txt where entry is like as follow.
prepaid_123.txt
prepaid_134.txt
prepaid_156.txt

So my problem is i want to find all fille except these three file in current directly of same format prepaid_xxx.txt

Can you please help
Small addition i want to delete other file as well which is not written in file

Thanks in Advance
# 5  
Old 08-17-2012
That means that there are no files in the current directory whose names:
1) are not in the xxx.txt file, and
2) are not matching the pattern prepaid_???.txt

Check the directory contents...
# 6  
Old 08-17-2012
Code:
ls prepaid_[0-9][0-9][0-9].txt | grep -v -f xxx.txt

This User Gave Thanks to raj_saini20 For This Post:
sujit_kashyap
# 7  
Old 08-17-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by elixir_sinari
Like this?
Code:
eval "ls @(!("$(paste -sd'|' xxx.txt)")&prepaid_???.txt)"

Please enlighten me - explain that construct for ls!
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