Copy all except one file?

[Jan Moren]

lör 2006-07-29 klockan 19:50 +0800 skrev Soo Qing:
> Hi!
> 
> I often need to copy all files (*) except one file
> (example.txt) from one directory to some places. How
> do I do that from the terminal?

If the file is not that big, and not super-secret, just copy it along
with all the other files and delete it afterwards.

Or, you move the file to the parent directory (moving is a very fast
operation), copy all remaining files, then move the file back.


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