find . -type f -name "*config*" ! -path "./tmp/*" ! -path "./scripts/*" ! -path "./node_modules/*" Explanation: find . - Start find from current working directory (recursively by default) -type f - Specify to find that you only want files in the results -name "*_peaks.bed" - Look for files with the name ending in _peaks.bed ! -path "./tmp/*" - Exclude all results whose path starts with ./tmp/ ! -path "./scripts/*" - Also exclude all results whose path starts with ./scripts/