I want to eliminate a directory from a nightly backup script. Being a bit of a regex newbie I'm scratching my head. Here's what I've got so far: tar -czf /path/to/[a-z]* I'd like to keep that rule (omitting directories beginning with a capital) and also omit a directory named "houseofbig.com". How would I do this? Thanks in advance for your help. Gawain