How to Get Netrw to exclude certain files?

Question

I have vim save my undo history in files named something like .filename.js.un~, but I don't want this cluttering up my list of file in vim (in Netrw).

Is there a way to exclude all files with a certain file extension in Netrw?

Answer 1

For your case,

let g:netrw_list_hide='.*\.un\~$'

will do the trick. See

:help /~

for why the extra backslash preceding the tilde is needed.

Answer 2

Use g:netrw_list_hide. e.g.

let g:netrw_list_hide= '.*\.swp$'
let g:netrw_hide = 1

For more information see :h g:netrw_list_hide and :h netrw-edithide