Or better yet:
ls -ltr | grep -vE 'htm$|somethingelse'
Look at '-i' (case insensitive) option too.
ET
sean ritzler writes:
> To answer your last question specifically:
>
> ls -ltr | grep -v htm$
>
> I don't know if ls has some sort of exclude option, so I would just use grep.
>
> Sean
>
> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 8:04 AM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>> What syntax would one use to list all the contents
>> of a directory *except* those of a specified criteria?
>>
>> For example, I know that: ls -ltr *htm
>> lists all contents ending in 'htm'
>>
>> But how could I list all contents excluding those ending in 'htm'?
>>
>>
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