How can I use inverse or negative wildcards when pattern matching in a unix/linux shell?

Question

Say I want to copy the contents of a directory excluding files and folders whose names contain the word \'Music\'.

cp [exclude-matches] *Music* /target_direc         


        

Answer 1

this would do it excluding exactly 'Music'

cp -a ^'Music' /target

this and that for excluding things like Music?* or *?Music

cp -a ^\*?'complete' /target
cp -a ^'complete'?\* /target