Linux list files recursively ignoring a pattern

Question

I have exactly the same problem as this post.

Only instead of finding all the .txt files, I want a list of all files that are not .txt files.

Something like

$ ls -LR | grep -v .java

Which definitely does not do what I want.

fedorqui · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-24T09:58:53.413

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Use find as suggested in that post and negate the -name condition with ! to have the other way round:

find . -type f ! -name "*.txt"
#      ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#   just files        |
#              file names not ending with .txt

edited Jan 24 '17 at 09:58

answered Sep 10 '14 at 13:55

fedorqui

`-type f` is also required for me in this case, to find only files. I finally looked for `not` in the find manpage - exclude and inverse aren't present :P – Wayne Werner Sep 10 '14 at 14:00
Trye! Added `-type f`. But then, did this solution work to you with `!`? – fedorqui Sep 10 '14 at 14:03
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Yes - I just couldn't accept the answer that quickly ;) – Wayne Werner Sep 10 '14 at 15:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 10 '14 at 14:27

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Does this work for you?,

ls -lr | grep -E -v "*.txt$"

I tested it on my end and it worked, -E extended grep

answered Sep 10 '14 at 14:27

Nachiket Kate

this works only if the r is a capital R ;) (can't edit answers for less than 6 characters) – Jerther Feb 15 '17 at 14:26

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