Looking for a specific text pattern in a directory but wanted to avoid some paths? Here's a quick command that you can try:
grep -R --exclude-dir=path/to/directory 'some pattern' /path/to/search
Hope this helps you out!
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Exclude directories while searching for a pattern in files
Looking for a specific text pattern in a directory but wanted to avoid some paths? Here's a quick command that you can try:Hope this helps you out!
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