What command to find files that not meeting some conditions?

[KennyP]

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"?

[kai12]

hi kenny,

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

cheers, kai

[KennyP]

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

[kai12]

find ! -name "abc.gz"

note the blank between ! and -name

[KennyP]

find ! -name "abc.gz"

note the blank between ! and -name

It works great now, thank you so much

[sathiya]

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