[SOLVED] Exclude directory while copy directory

Issue

I want to exclude two directories while copying.

Example:

$ ls /root/tmp
a b c d e f    

I want to exclude directories a and b:

$ cp -rp /root/tmp/ /root/tmp1/

Solution

You could exclude the directories as part of find results before the copy, but using rsync or cp with the '!' support enabled as suggested by Sathiya is a much simpler solution.

See find example below:

find /root/tmp/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -regex '\(.*a\|.*b\)' -exec cp -r {} /root/tmp1/ \;

Answered By - Pieter de Bruin