BASH: make an array of all directory names in a directory that DON'T have a certain pattern in the name

Question

I have a directory that contains a bunch of .zip files as well as their unpacked version. I need to get a list of all the directory's and ignore the .zip files. How can I do this?

I am thinking of using grep and ls, but am not sure how to put it together.

Answer 1

Get a list of all sub-directories and store it into an array:

shopt -s nullglob
dirs=( */ )

Answer 2

If you can turn on extglob like so:

shopt -s extglob
declare -a files=( !(*.zip) )

See more about bash pattern matching on the Pattern Matching man page.