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#20076 Regex to exclude all files starting with dot

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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 14 May 2014 15:57 CDT

Tuesday, 13 May 2014 16:56 CDT

joomlaboy
Hello...
I am struggling to find a way to exclude all files that are hidden and starting with ._ (dot & underscore eg: ._index.html.

My current site has numerous of such files, and want to backup without them.
Can you suggest something ?

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 01:45 CDT

nicholas
Of course. You can se the regex 
#^\._#
which matches anything that starts with a dot and underscore.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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Wednesday, 14 May 2014 02:48 CDT

joomlaboy
Hello Nicholas,

this is what actually worked for me : [\._]

Have a great day!

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 02:58 CDT

nicholas
Your regex will skip every file which contains a dot OR an underscore in the filename. It doesn't match files whose name begins with ._

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 03:07 CDT

joomlaboy
Yes, you are right. This regex will match everything with ._
But #^\._# doesn't work, nor the [^\._]

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 08:18 CDT

nicholas
You can try this one:
#(^\.|/\.)_#

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 12:14 CDT

joomlaboy
Thanks Nicholas - this one seems to be working.

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 15:57 CDT

nicholas
You're welcome!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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