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  • I tried doing the same but with brackets and apparently when using brackets it does not work Commented May 26, 2015 at 15:40
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    What is the syntax to match multiple file names? say I want to exclude .org, .png, .txt ? Commented Jan 17, 2018 at 1:57
  • @Freedo @() for a pattern-list: stackoverflow.com/a/217208/3779853 Commented Aug 22, 2019 at 16:51
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    is there a way to do the same when using /bin/sh? Commented Nov 21, 2019 at 15:32
  • For plain sh, I'd use a for-loop with a case statement inside to decide which files to keep. Commented Nov 21, 2019 at 17:01