grep > (only print lines without CVS)

[sde]

i want to make a report of all files in my system that use the word 'foo'. i do not want results that have /CVS in the path to be added.

i figure i should be able to pipe the info and filter it out, but i'm not sure how. here's the command.

$ grep -R foo ./ >> log.txt

[ShadyCraig]

Try:

$ grep -Rl foo ./ | grep -v "CVS/" >> log.txt

l (thats 'ell') just means list the files that match, the second grep then removes anything with CVS in the path or filename but the / means that it should only match paths

grep has a --exclude option but it seems only to work on the filename not the path.

Shady

[teknomage1]

I always love the find/xargs combo for this sort of thing:

 find -not -name CVS -print0 |xargs -0 grep foo

[sde]

well that makes sense .. thanks a lot!