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'ls' : --ignore does not apply on FILEs selection

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Mathias MICHEL <matm <at> gmx.fr>
Cc: 69261-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69261: 'ls' : --ignore does not apply on FILEs selection
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 22:45:00 -0800

On 2024-02-18 14:07, Mathias MICHEL via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:

> Is it expected that --ignore arg does not apply on globbed FILE ?

Yes. --ignore is about what 'ls' finds in directories, not about 
command-line arguments.

> My goal is to avoid using grep or complex find args:
>> > ~/.ssh :: ls id_ed* | grep -v "\.pub$" > id_ed25519 id_ed25519.local id_ed25519_ori

Try this:

  ls --hide='[^i]*' --hide='i[^d]*' --hide='id[^_]*' --hide='id_[^e]*' 
--hide='id_e[^d]*' --hide='*.pub'

Admittedly ugly, but does the job.

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