UNIX 'ls' command exclude wildcard

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user1078719 picture user1078719 · Apr 8, 2012 · Viewed 26.1k times · Source

I have files a1 a2 a3 b1 b2 b3 and I need to exclude a2 and b2 from the list using ls command only.

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bouzuya picture bouzuya · Apr 8, 2012

use --ignore option 

ls --ignore=[ab]2

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