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bash$ shopt -s extglob
bash$ ls -l /opt/too_many_files/!(confidential.txt)
secret.txt
top_secret.txt
public.txt
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The comment in your blog -- http://riaschissl.bestsolution.at/2014/03/repost-howto-exclude-files-from-wildcard-matches-in-bash/ says that '!' behaviour is redefined, can you give an example of this? It doesn't seem like it modifies the behaviour when doing anything like !vim or sudo !!

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