Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· marchibbins

Exclude directory from grep, e.g. .git, .svn

#shell
#grep
#bash

Using GNU grep:

grep --exclude-dir=".git"
#shell
#grep
#bash

Written by Marc Hibbins

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worr

I tend to use ack. It's a great tool - definitely worth a look.

https://metacpan.org/module/PETDANCE/ack-1.96/ack-base

over 1 year ago ·
bigpresh

Seconding ack - it does things like this that you'd just want without having to be told about it. Ack is far nicer to use than grep, IMO.

over 1 year ago ·
mabraham

git grep solves the specific problem rather well

over 1 year ago ·

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