not operator with grep
 

Greetings,

I want to display all lines from /etc/passwd file that does
not start with z.

How can I construct such a statement using grep.

grep -e ^z /etc/passwd

This command will display all lines starting with z.If
I add a not operator , my work will be done.

But I am not getting which null operator to use...

Please suggest me the correct grep command . With thanks in Advance.

The -v option inverts the output (i.e. outputs all input lines which do not match the pattern).

Thanks Mathew for a quick reply.