[SOLVED] How to exclude a particular directory from being searched while using grep function

akthomas1 · 04-14-2016, 03:50 AM

How to exclude a particular directory from being searched while using grep function,like for example I want to grep for a pattern "abc" in a directory called main but I don't want to search for "abc" in one of the sub directories,say sub of main.So how to exclude sub from being grepped?

JJJCR · 04-14-2016, 04:10 AM

have you tried consulting "man grep"

it has this options:

--exclude, and --exclude-dir

Like:

grep -r "Search_this_dir" /path/to/be/search --exclude-dir="do_not_include_this_dir"

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