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branquito
branquito

Reputation: 4044

list files that do not contain pattern anywhere in filename (zsh only)

Say I have a list of files in dir like so:

blackneasy-sq.png
dima-sq.png
envoy-sq.png
fox-sq.png
freeze-sq.png
ministarstvo kulture-sq.png
naxi-sq.png
pick-sq.png
pink-sq.png
wink-sq.png
brick-sq.png
rider-sq.png
sixt-rent-a-car.png
slavija hotel-sq.png
temet-sq.png
tepe-sq.png

How would I specify exclude pattern to show all files except those that contain ck chars glued together anywhere in filename?

So in a resulting list, files:

blackneasy-sq.png
pick-sq.png
brick-sq.png

should not be shown.

I tried this without success.

print -l [[:alpha:]]*^ck*.*

Upvotes: 0

Views: 290

Answers (1)

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

Reputation: 107769

Use the ~ operator: THIS~THAT matches files that match the pattern THIS but not THAT. This requires the extended_glob option (which is automatically turned on in some contexts such as completion function, but is not the default state).

print -l -- *.png~*ck*

You can abbreviate *~THAT to ^THAT (also requiring extended_glob), so if you don't want to limit to .png files, you can use

print -l -- ^*ck*

Upvotes: 2

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