grep to NOT select a word
 

Howdy All!

How can I write a regular expression that will exclude a whole word.

Here is what I have now:

ls -a | grep "^[^\.]"

This lists out all files in the directory and removes all file names that begin with a destop. I then want to weed one other: a file called "Desktop". Can I use grep to select everything NOT "Desktop"?

Thanks for any advice!

Rob
:)

grep -v pattern

Thank you.. errr.. Dark Helmet. :)

I shall check the man better next time!

Rob
:)