As always, this list is quick ls | egrep -v 'folder1|folder2|folder3' ls | egrep "(folder1|folder2)" ls | egrep -v "(folder1|folder2|folder3)" I used the first one listed. thanks to everyone. -- Kevin Metzger Recieved Mon, 3 Feb 2003, from Kevin Metzger: -Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 16:19:31 -0500 (EST) -From: Kevin Metzger <kevin@pmimail.com> -To: sunmanagers mailing list <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org> -Subject: grep script question - -Dumb question: -I want to do somethig to all the folders except a few so I would like to -ls | grep -v folder1 | grep -v folder2 | grep -v folder3 -without repeating the grep -v, something like -ls | grep -v [ folder1 | folder2 | folder3 ] - -thanks. - --- -Kevin Metzger -_______________________________________________ -sunmanagers mailing list -sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org -http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers - _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Mon Feb 3 16:40:50 2003
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