exclude directories in recursive grep without -exclude-dir
I'm trying to do a recursive grep on a directory while excluding all the .svn folders. How can I do this? I've read about the -exclude-dirs but I don't seem to have that available on my system.
Thanks!
Megan posted this at 20:22 — 29th June 2009.
She has: 11,421 posts
Joined: Jun 1999
This works:
grep -iR "string" * | grep -v ".svn"Megan posted this at 19:33 — 30th June 2009.
She has: 11,421 posts
Joined: Jun 1999
What if I want to exclude more than one directory? Say,
.svnandlog?Abhishek Reddy posted this at 21:42 — 30th June 2009.
He has: 3,348 posts
Joined: Jul 2001
Try ack. Your two searches would look something like this:
ack -ai "string"ack -ai --ignore-dir=log "string"By default, it ignores .svn and other common version-control or backup cruft. Also, it defaults to a recursive search (use -n to prevent that).
Btw, on Debian the program is called
ack-grep-- may not be the same on your distro.Megan posted this at 15:12 — 2nd July 2009.
She has: 11,421 posts
Joined: Jun 1999
"command not found"
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 15:53 — 2nd July 2009.
He has: 3,348 posts
Joined: Jul 2001
It's not likely to have been installed by default. Try adding it with your package manager. On Debian or Ubuntu:
$ sudo aptitude install ack-grep$ ack-grep --help
Usage: ack [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]
Search for PATTERN in each source file in the tree from cwd on down....
Megan posted this at 15:59 — 2nd July 2009.
She has: 11,421 posts
Joined: Jun 1999
I don't have root access on this server. Maybe I'll have to bug the sys admins to either install this or upgrade grep.
JeevesBond posted this at 13:29 — 1st July 2009.
He has: 3,956 posts
Joined: Jun 2002
How about:
find . -not -path '*/.svn*' | xargs grep -i "string"ack seems interesting. (offtopic) are you a Debian man now Abhi?
a Padded Cell our articles site!
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 20:05 — 1st July 2009.
He has: 3,348 posts
Joined: Jul 2001
I have been using Debian mainly since at least early 2007, maybe even 2006 if memory serves.
JeevesBond posted this at 19:06 — 2nd July 2009.
He has: 3,956 posts
Joined: Jun 2002
Hmmm, that means we've been acquanted for quite a while. You used to use Gentoo, if memory serves.
That would have been back in 2005/6 we were talking about such things.
a Padded Cell our articles site!
Want to join the discussion? Create an account or log in if you already have one. Joining is fast, free and painless! We’ll even whisk you back here when you’ve finished.