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find command to skip file etns

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Hi, I want to find files excluding certain file extension in perl script i am using the below `find . -type f ! \( -name "*.gz" -o -name "*.tar" -o -name "*.jar" -o -name "*.exe" -o -name "*.o" -o -name "*.dll" -o -name "*.xls" \) >> $data_file `; its giving error sh: syntax error at line 1: `(' unexpected any idea what am i doing wrong Thx Mehul

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Did you assign a value to the variable $data_file? The find statement executes on my system. The only other guess I'd have is if there is some code before the find statement or if you have a shell environment that doesn't like the >>$data_file being on a separate line.

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