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Simple Question but forget the syntax...

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h3nd

h3nd

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Jul 1, 2006
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Hi guys,

I'm trying to move files from /mars/ to /backup/

The files that I want to move is all files except file with pattern *20060707*

what the syntax in unix :

"for file not in ls -l *20060707*"
mv /mars/file /backup/file

Thanks guys...
 
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