copy all .so files excluding libgcc.so

Question

lib1.a
lib2.a
lib1.so
lib2.so
libgcc1.so
libgcc2.so
libgcc3.so
lib3.so

How can I copy all *.so files excluding libgcc*.so i.e. copy the following files:

lib1.so
lib2.so
lib3.so

?

Copy to temp folder, delete the ones you don't need, copy the rest to the final destination? — millimoose, Feb 11 '13 at 22:30
Also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/216995/how-can-i-use-inverse-or-negative-wildcards-when-pattern-matching-in-a-unix-linu might have some pointers. — millimoose, Feb 11 '13 at 22:31
How strict is the requirement to not copy `libgcc`? Could you copy everything and then delete just those? Either way, you probably want to start with `find` or `ls | grep`, both piped to `xargs cp`. To exclude things, use `grep -v`. — ssube, Feb 11 '13 at 22:31

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 11 '13 at 22:38

7

In bash, you can use extended globbing:

shopt -s extglob
cp !(libgcc*).so destination/

answered Feb 11 '13 at 22:38

choroba

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '13 at 22:37

3

Try using find:

find path/to/src-dir -name '*.so' ! -name 'libgcc*.so' \
    -exec cp '{}' /path/to/dst-dir \;

answered Feb 11 '13 at 22:37

helmbert

2 Answers2