How can I use inverse or negative wildcards when pattern matching in a unix/linux shell?

Question

Say I want to copy the contents of a directory excluding files and folders whose names contain the word \'Music\'.

cp [exclude-matches] *Music* /target_direc         


        

Answer 1

Not in bash (that I know of), but:

cp `ls | grep -v Music` /target_directory

I know this is not exactly what you were looking for, but it will solve your example.