What command to find files that not meeting some conditions?

02-12-2009	#1 (permalink)
KennyP Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3	What command to find files that not meeting some conditions? Usually, when we look for a file named, "abc.gz", the command will be: find -name "abc.gz" But how to find all files which is not named as "abc.gz"?

02-13-2009	#2 (permalink)
kai12 Linux Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 129	hi kenny, the exclamation mark "!" negates expressions. it's in the man page under "operators". cheers, kai

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hi kenny,

the exclamation mark "!" negates expressions. it's in the man page under "operators".

cheers, kai

how should write the command?

I tried the following but failed.

find -!name "abc.gz"

-bash: !name: event not found

find -name !"abc.gz"

-bash: !"abc.gz": event not found

find !-name "abc.gz"

-bash: !-name: event not found

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kai12 Linux Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 129	Code: find ! -name "abc.gz" note the blank between ! and -name

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Originally Posted by kai12

Code:

find ! -name "abc.gz"

note the blank between ! and -name

It works great now, thank you so much

03-05-2009	#6 (permalink)
sathiya Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 77	You can also use the following way for better readability. find -not -name "abc.tgz" The technique which you are asking is called as inverting match. You can find a lot of examples over here... Mommy, I found it! — 15 Practical Linux Find Command Examples

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