title: How do I exclude a folder when performing file operations i.e. cp, mv, rm and chown etc. in Linux
body: <p>How do you exclude a folder when performing file operations i.e. cp etc.</p>
  
  <p>I would currently use the wild card * to apply file operation to all, but I need to exclude one single folder.</p>
  
  <p>The command I'm actually wanting to use is <code>chown</code> to change the owner of all the files in a directory but I need to exclude one sub directory.</p>