grep -v is your friend: grep –help | grep invert -v, –invert-match select non-matching lines Also check out the related -L (the complement of -l). -L, –files-without-match only print FILE names containing no match
Just use the –include parameter, like this: grep -inr –include \*.h –include \*.cpp CP_Image ~/path[12345] | mailx -s GREP email@domain.example That should do what you want. To take the explanation from HoldOffHunger’s answer below: grep: command -r: recursively -i: ignore-case -n: each output line is preceded by its relative line number in the file –include … Read more
The standard option grep -l (that is a lowercase L) could do this. From the Unix standard: -l (The letter ell.) Write only the names of files containing selected lines to standard output. Pathnames are written once per file searched. If the standard input is searched, a pathname of (standard input) will be written, in … Read more
To search for commit content (i.e., actual lines of source, as opposed to commit messages and the like), you need to do: git grep <regexp> $(git rev-list –all) git rev-list –all | xargs git grep <expression> will work if you run into an “Argument list too long” error. If you want to limit the search … Read more
grep -r “texthere” . The first parameter represents the regular expression to search for, while the second one represents the directory that should be searched. In this case, . means the current directory. Note: This works for GNU grep, and on some platforms like Solaris you must specifically use GNU grep as opposed to legacy … Read more