diff --git a/.github/workflows/additional_files.yml b/.github/workflows/additional_files.yml
index a03f61b..5459a30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/additional_files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/additional_files.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       id: check
       with:
         additional_files: run finish discovery
-        ignore: ignore
+        ignore_paths: ignore
         scandir: testfiles
 
     - name: Verify check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_together.yml b/.github/workflows/check_together.yml
index 9b18c88..ce5a5d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_together.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_together.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./
       id: check
       with:
-        ignore: ignore
+        ignore_paths: ignore
         check_together: true
 
     - name: Verify check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ignore_names.yml b/.github/workflows/ignore_names.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e03775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ignore_names.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: 'ignore_names'
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    branches: ["master"]
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  ignore_names:
+    name: ignore_names
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - ubuntu-latest
+          - macos-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Run ShellCheck
+      uses: ./
+      id: check
+      with:
+        ignore_paths: ignore
+        ignore_names: ignore_single_file.sh
+
+    - name: Verify check
+      run: | 
+        expect="testfiles/test.bash"
+        notexpect="testfiles/ignore_single_file.sh"
+
+        if [[ ! "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $expect ]];then
+          echo "::error:: Expected file $expect not found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
+          exit 1
+        elif [[ "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $notexpect ]];then
+          echo "::error:: Expected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
+          exit 1
+        fi 
+
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/base.yml b/.github/workflows/ignore_paths.yml
similarity index 89%
rename from .github/workflows/base.yml
rename to .github/workflows/ignore_paths.yml
index f144c4d..29a45f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/base.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ignore_paths.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: 'base'
+name: 'ignore_paths'
 
 on: 
   push:
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
-  base:
-    name: base
+  ignore_paths:
+    name: ignore_paths
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./
       id: check
       with:
-        ignore: ignore
+        ignore_paths: ignore
 
     - name: Verify check
       run: | 
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ jobs:
         elif [[ "${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}" =~ $notexpect ]];then
           echo "::error:: Expected file $notexpect found in ${{ steps.check.outputs.files }}"
           exit 1
-        fi 
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+        fi
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/scandir.yml b/.github/workflows/scandir.yml
index a457b66..c4d6041 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scandir.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scandir.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       id: two
       with:
         scandir: './testfiles/scandir'
-        ignore: ignore
+        ignore_paths: ignore
 
     - name: Verify check
       run: | 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e0545e4..a43b03c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,15 +41,16 @@ example:
         SHELLCHECK_OPTS: -e SC2059 -e SC2034 -e SC1090
 ```
 
-## Ignore paths
+## Ignore paths and names
 
-You can use the `ignore` input to disable specific directories.
+You can use the `ignore_paths` and `ignore_names` input to disable specific directories and files.
 
 ```text
 sample structure:
 sample/directory/with/files/ignoreme/test.sh
 sample/directory/with/files/ignoremetoo/test.sh
 sample/directory/with/files/test.sh
+sample/directory/with/files/ignorable.sh
 ```
 
 example:
@@ -59,10 +60,11 @@ example:
     - name: Run ShellCheck
       uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@master
       with:
-        ignore: ignoreme ignoremetoo
+        ignore_paths: ignoreme ignoremetoo
+        ignore_names: ignorable.sh
 ```
 
-This will skip `sample/directory/with/files/ignoreme/test.sh` and `sample/directory/with/files/ignoremetoo/test.sh`
+This will skip `sample/directory/with/files/ignoreme/test.sh`, `sample/directory/with/files/ignoremetoo/test.sh` and `sample/directory/with/files/ignorable.sh`.
 
 ## Minimum severity of errors to consider (error, warning, info, style)
 
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 0bc86f9..a31ec82 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ inputs:
     description: "Paths to ignore when running ShellCheck"
     required: false
     default: ""
+  ignore_paths:
+    description: "Paths to ignore when running ShellCheck"
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+  ignore_names:
+    description: "Names to ignore when running ShellCheck"
+    required: false
+    default: ""
   severity:
     description: "Minimum severity of errors to consider. Options: [error, warning, info, style]"
     required: false
@@ -98,10 +106,24 @@ runs:
         excludes+=("! -path \"*./.git/*\"")
         excludes+=("! -path \"*.go\"")
         excludes+=("! -path \"*/mvnw\"")
-        for path in ${{ inputs.ignore }}; do
-          echo "::debug:: Adding "$path" to excludes"
-          excludes+=("! -path \"*./$path/*\"")
-          excludes+=("! -path \"*/$path/*\"")
+        if [[ -n "${{ inputs.ignore }}" ]]; then
+          echo "::warning::ignore is deprecated. Please use ignore_paths instead"
+          for path in ${{ inputs.ignore }}; do
+            echo "::debug:: Adding "$path" to excludes"
+            excludes+=("! -path \"*./$path/*\"")
+            excludes+=("! -path \"*/$path/*\"")
+          done
+        else
+          for path in ${{ inputs.ignore_paths }}; do
+            echo "::debug:: Adding "$path" to excludes"
+            excludes+=("! -path \"*./$path/*\"")
+            excludes+=("! -path \"*/$path/*\"")
+          done
+        fi
+
+        for name in ${{ inputs.ignore_names }}; do
+          echo "::debug:: Adding "$name" to excludes"
+          excludes+=("! -name $name")
         done
         echo "::set-output name=excludes::${excludes[@]}"
 
diff --git a/testfiles/ignore_single_file.sh b/testfiles/ignore_single_file.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfb414c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testfiles/ignore_single_file.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/sh
+
+test="test"
+echo "$test"
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