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Asked: May 15, 20262026-05-15T05:59:55+00:00 2026-05-15T05:59:55+00:00

In a directory with mixed content such as: .afile .anotherfile bfile.file bnotherfile.file .afolder/ .anotherfolder/

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In a directory with mixed content such as:

.afile
.anotherfile
bfile.file
bnotherfile.file
.afolder/
.anotherfolder/
bfolder/
bnotherfolder/

How would you catch everything but the files (not dirs) starting with .?
I have tried with a negative lookahead ^(?!\.).+? but it doesn’t seem to work right.
Please note that I would like to avoid doing it by excluding the . by using [a-zA-Z< plus all other possible chars minus the dot >]

Any suggestions?

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    2026-05-15T05:59:56+00:00Added an answer on May 15, 2026 at 5:59 am

    This should do it:

    ^[^.].*$
    

    [^abc] will match anything that is not a, b or c

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