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Old 09-13-2012
How to list all the files, directories and sub-directories in the current path except one directory?
Can anyone come up with a unix command that lists

all the files, directories and sub-directories in the current directory

except a folder called log.?






Thank you in advance.
# 2  
Old 09-13-2012
something like

Code:
 
find . ! -name log

# 3  
Old 09-13-2012
hmm.. not working.. its displaying all the files in log folder. there are some millions of it.
# 4  
Old 09-13-2012
Code:
ls !(log)

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# 5  
Old 09-13-2012
Code:
find . | grep -v "^./log"

Hi elixir,

getting error for your command..
Code:
$ ls !(logs)
-bash: !: event not found

$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.25(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)

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# 6  
Old 09-13-2012
amazing. worked perfectly.
# 7  
Old 09-13-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by pamu
Hi elixir,

getting error for your command..
Code:
$ ls !(logs)
-bash: !: event not found

$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.25(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)

Turn on extglob (shopt -s extglob).
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