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Old 06-28-2017
How to use 'ls' command to list files like *.dat, not *.*.dat?
How to use 'ls' command to list files like *.dat, not *.*.dat
# 2  
Old 06-28-2017
Code:
ls | egrep '^[^\.]+\.dat'

Do I get a prize?

Seriously, I don't think either ls or any of the standard Linux shells will do what you want without doing something like the above. But I've been wrong before.

Andrew
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Old 06-28-2017
Thanks Andrew!
That's exactly what I was looking for...
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Old 06-28-2017
In bash try:
Code:
GLOBIGNORE=*.*.dat
ls *.dat

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Old 06-28-2017
In (recent!) bash, try also
Code:
shopt -s extglob
ls !(*.*).dat

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Old 06-29-2017
I stand corrected! Smilie

Andrew
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