opposite of grep
 

I'm wanting to match line if it doesn't equal something...

For example

ls | grep ab

Would match any file that has 'ab' in it and return it. I'm wanting to exclude any file that has a particular phrase..

Thanks

ls |grep -v ab
-v switch is what you want

and if i wanted to exclude more than one word?

ie: top |grep -v daemon +conky +firefox (excuse my googlystuff)

Hi,

You can use egrep for that: ls | egrep -v "daemon|conky|firefox"

This will exclude daemon, conky and firefox from the ls listing.

Hope this helps.

grep -E (aka egrep) - use regex rather than googlystuff.Too late - hi druuna

Hi to you too syg00 ;)

Or do it the uneffcient way.

$ ls | grep -v "not_this" | grep -v "or_this" | grep -v "and_not_this_too"

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That's really cool, thanx heaps guys

Hi,

@CQ1ST: Glad to see that we could be of assistance :)