Tag: grep

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How can I exclude directories from grep -R?

I want to traverse all subdirectories, except the "node_modules" directory.

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Keila
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asked 07 September, 2021
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How can I use grep to show just filenames on Linux?

How can I use grep to show just file-names (no in-line matches) on Linux? I am usually using something like: f

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Keila
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asked 07 September, 2021
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26 answers
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How do I grep recursively?

How do I recursively grep all directories and subdirectories? find . | xargs grep "texthere" *

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Chaya
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asked 07 September, 2021
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How to 'grep' a continuous stream?

Is that possible to use grep on a continuous stream? What I mean is sort of a tail -f <file> command, b

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Lorenzo
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asked 07 September, 2021
62 votes
22 answers
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Use grep --exclude/--include syntax to not grep through certain files

I'm looking for the string foo= in text files in a directory tree. It's on a common Linux machine, I

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Venice
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asked 07 September, 2021