Subject: bug#78772: Feature request: glob-matching patterns

From: Philip Prindeville <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:29:35 -0600

It might be useful to have an argument like --glob-regexp to have a file containing globbing patterns to match (or exclude) against a stream of filenames.

Example:

find . -print -depth | grep -v --glob-regexp -f do-not-backup-list | cpio -ov > filtered-backup.cpio

Where files matching glob patterns in "do-not-backup-list" would be excluded.

Thanks