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Thanks guys i will try these but i need to exclude file combinations how can i do that for e.g.

Code:

cd direct
AUS1.txt
AUS2.txt
NZ1.txt
AUS1.csv
AUS2.csv
USA.tx

i need to exclude file starting with AUS and ends with either .csv or .txt

output:

Code:

NZ1.gz
USA.gz

Does that mean if file starts with AUS and end with .log or anything other than (.csv or .txt) you wana zip

if yes then try

Code:

gzip `ls | grep -v "AUS.*csv" | grep -v "AUS.*txt"`

it starts with AUS and ends with either .csv or .txt i need to exclude AUS.txt and AUS.csv

the above command does the same.have you tried it?

Or

Code:

gzip `ls | egrep -v "AUS.*csv|AUS.*txt"`

Hi Alister,

will it be possible with your find command to exclude files starts with AUS and ends with either .csv or .txt i need to exclude AUS.txt and AUS.csv

Makarand

That really worked perfect but is there any way i can directly invoke the path using your code instead of applying using cd path. I need this to directly zip from the directory like it does

Code:

cd directory path
gzip $directory/*

try

Code:

find . -type f \! -name 'AUS*.*csv' -a \! -name 'AUS*.*txt' -exec gzip {} +

That's not quite right. Both instances of *.* should be *..

Regards,
Alister