How to Combine Two Extglob statements in Bash

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shopt -s extglob
cp -r !(Backups.backupdb) /home/masi/Documents/
cp -r !(Applications.noindex) /home/masi/Documents/

where note that you cannot use forward-flash in the glob environment although TAB-completion gives it to you, as described in the thread Why extglob except breaking except condition?

How can you combine the two NOT clauses in extglob?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 27 '15 at 10:18

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Assuming you mean "everything except one of the two patterns", you just combine them with a |:

cp -r !(Backups.backupdb|Applications.noindex) /home/masi/Documents/

edited Jul 27 '15 at 10:18

Léo Léopold Hertz 준영

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Sorry, I had to correct my mistake which was carried forward to your answer. It is wrong to use forward-flash in the glob environment. One thread about it here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31596677/why-extglob-except-breaking-except-condition – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 Jul 27 '15 at 10:18

How to Combine Two Extglob statements in Bash

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