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How do you exclude a folder when performing file operations i.e. cp etc.
I would currently use the wild card * to apply file operation to all, but I need to exclude one single folder.
The command I’m actually wanting to use is chown to change the owner of all the files in a directory but I need to exclude one sub directory.
If you’re using bash and enable extglob via
shopt -s extglobthen you can use!(<pattern>)to exclude the given pattern.