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--- bash:files:list_files_excluding_some_files [2021/01/26 12:15] – created peter
+++ bash:files:list_files_excluding_some_files [2021/01/26 12:21] (current) – peter
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ====== BASH - Files - List files excluding some files ======
-Without enabled globbing files can be excluded by the second command of this code section:
+Without enabled globbing, files can be excluded by the second command of this code section:
 <code bash>
-# See all files ending in .html
+# List all files ending in .html.
 ls | grep "\.html$"
-# see all files not ending in .html
+# List all files not ending in .html.
 ls | grep -v "\.html$"
 </code>
-If extended globbing is turned on, one should be able to execute
+----
+If extended globbing is turned on:
 <code bash>
@@ Line 16: / Line 19: @@
 </code>
-in ksh and bash but I wasn't. I have this command from a forum so there's a chance that either my shell isn't working properly or the syntax has changed in the meantime.
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  globbing can be enabled by inserting **setopt extendedglob** in .bashrc
+</WRAP>
-In zsh you enable globbing by inserting setopt extendedglob in .zshrc
-In the zsh this should work
+This should work:
 <code bash>
@@ Line 26: / Line 30: @@
 </code>
-but I get zsh: number expected.
-Even though it's not working yet it's worth to add these commands to this list as the issue can be fixed by reading some more documentation like [[http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/zsh_a4.pdf|this one]] or [[http://pwet.fr/man/linux/commandes/zsh_lovers|this one]]. At the moment I have no time to continue fixing.