[SOLVED] using find to exclude some files

xeon123 · 12-07-2010, 07:57 AM

Hi,

I'm trying to find all java files in bash that contains the method "assign()".

I do

Code:

program_dir $> find . | xargs grep assign

This command gives me a set of java files and JUnit test files.

For example:

Code:

Scheduler.java
TestScheduler.java

I would like to retrieve the same list except without the Test* files. How can I do that?

Thanks,

AlucardZero · 12-07-2010, 08:04 AM

Code:

find . -type f ! -name "Test*" | xargs grep assign

! meaning "not".

xeon123 · 12-07-2010, 08:11 AM

Thanks.

crts · 12-07-2010, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlucardZero

Code:

find . -type f ! -name "Test*" | xargs grep assign

! meaning "not".

Hi,

this is problematic if the filename contains whitespace characters. This prevents those error:

Code:

find . -type f ! -name "Test*" -print0 | xargs -0 grep assign

However, you do not need 'xargs' at all in this case:

Code:

find . -type f ! -name "Test*" -exec grep assign '{}' +

will accomplish the same thing.