grep to NOT select a word

robertmarkbram · 08-21-2003, 10:33 PM

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

Dark_Helmet · 08-21-2003, 10:44 PM

grep -v pattern

robertmarkbram · 08-21-2003, 10:48 PM

Thank you.. errr.. Dark Helmet.

I shall check the man better next time!

Rob