Please help a newbie. How can we exclude an extension from getting listed using ls [UNIX]?

Question

In UNIX, we use ls *.xyz to list files with that extension. How can I list files without that extension?
I tried ls !*.xyz and ls ![*.xyz]
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

It sounds like what you really want is the "find" command. Try this:

$ find * -maxdepth 0 -not -name '*.xyz' -print

Answer 2

if you could rename the targetted file to begin with a .

i.e.

.newfile

these files are not listed when using ls, you must use ls -a to discover them. files that begin with a . in the filename are hidden files.