How do I exclude a folder when performing file operations i.e. cp, mv, rm and chown etc. in Linux

Question

How do you exclude a folder when performing file operations i.e. cp etc.

I would currently use the wild card * to apply file operation to all, but I need to exclude one

Answer 1

If you're using bash and enable extglob via shopt -s extglob then you can use !() to exclude the given pattern.