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# 1  
Old 06-24-2014
Exclude files in ls
Hi,

I need to exlucde the files which are present in exclude.txt from a directory

Code:
exlcude.txt
AUZ.txt
AUZ.chk
NZ.txt
NZ.chk

tried with below code but not working
Code:
 
ls -ltr | grep -v `cat exclude.lst`

# 2  
Old 06-24-2014
Try
Code:
ls -ltr | grep -vFf exclude.txt

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# 3  
Old 06-24-2014
Yeah the above on worked, will it be possible to exclude the files if i am having a file like below

Code:
exclude.txt

AUZ.txt AUZ.chk
NZ.txt NZ.chk

# 4  
Old 06-24-2014
If you are using bash or ksh93 you could try:
Code:
ls -ltr | grep -vFf <(xargs -n1 < exclude.txt)

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# 5  
Old 06-24-2014
yeah but would this same work if the file contains data with delimited separated

Code:
AUZ.txt,AUZ.chk,xyz
NZ.txt,NZ.chk,xxzz

This should exclude only
Code:
AUZ.txt
AUZ.chk
NZ.txt
NZ.chk

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 06-24-2014 at 11:36 AM.. Reason: Additional CODE tags
# 6  
Old 06-24-2014
No, that would not, since the format of the file is one of the factors that determine the solution. If it keeps changing then the solution would need to change also. Please be clear about the format of the file and explain which part should be used, for example..
# 7  
Old 06-24-2014
The file format can be like below

Code:
AUZ.txt,AUZ.chk,xyz
NZ.txt,NZ.chk,xxzz
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