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Let say we have 

Scripts
Test 
Test1

When we do ls it shows all the three directories but I need to exclude the test1. So I should get only 

Scripts
Test

What command should I use here to exclude a directory?

Thanks in advance

viraptor
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ls -ITest1

from man ls:

  -I, --ignore=PATTERN
          do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN

You can use it multiple times like:

ls -ITest1 -ITest2

or you could use a matching pattern:

ls -ITest?

Shawn Balestracci
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  • How about excluding multiple directories tried ls -I dir1 di2 didn't work ? – Madhumitha Aug 14 '15 at 00:11
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    you can also use a list such as {item1,item2,item3}. That gives you ls -I{a,b,c,d,e,f} – Tarek Feb 02 '18 at 18:00
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    What if you want to ignore all sub directories and files, but not a directory itself? For example showing the `build` directory or the `.git` directory, but ignoring its contents (when used with `-R`) – Brandon Nov 13 '21 at 23:22
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    @Tarek didn't say this, but this works when your list contains **two** or more items, separated by a comma. – Jason Hemann Jan 06 '22 at 17:54
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    Needs a space delimiter between `-I Test1`. – CodeFinity Apr 18 '22 at 17:52
  • That's funny cause i'm looking at `man` for `ls` on macOS and it describes the parameter `-I` as: `-I Prevent -A from being automatically set for the super-user. This option is not defined in IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”).` – Sebastian Nov 04 '22 at 11:35
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You can do this via grep -v. Command will be ls /mydir/ | grep -v 'test1'

The -v means exclude.

Good references here: http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/10/grep-or-and-not-operators/

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Try these:

ls -la | egrep -v ^d

-or-

ls -p | egrep -v /$

-or-

find . -type f -maxdepth 1
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