biglist !~ /bar/ !biglist.grep(/bar/) On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:15:24 +0900, Matt Lawrence wrote: > A bit of syntax that I have never picked up. How do I use grep to > exclude entries in a list? > > biglist.grep(/foo/) # get all entries containing foo > biglist.grep(????) # get all entries that do not contain bar > > -- Matt > It's not what I know that counts. > It's what I can remember in time to use.