[GRASS-dev] g.mlist: exclude parameter wish

[Glynn Clements]

Glynn Clements wrote:

> > We could add the exclude option, but I'm not so sure if we really need it.
> > You can solve your problem by using a more specific wildcard if Paul's
> > trick doesn't work.
> > 
> > pat="gpcp_1dd_p1d_[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]_count"
> > 
> > It's a little lengthy, but it works.  Any better examples where we might
> > want the exclude option?
> 
> Also, you can always use 'g.mlist ... | grep -v ...'.
> 
> OTOH, adding e.g. G_set_ls_exclude_filter() wouldn't be much work.
> 
> Although it's theoretically possible to complement or "subtract"
> regular expressions, in practice it's rather ugly, i.e. the result is
> often far more complex than the original(s). And it isn't possible to
> complement glob patterns.

I've now added G_set_ls_exclude_filter() and an exclude= option to
g.list.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>