Comments on: Skip .svn directories when using grep http://www.zulius.com/how-to/grep-skip-svn-directories/ Advanced Application Development Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:57:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tim White http://www.zulius.com/how-to/grep-skip-svn-directories/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Tim White Thu, 06 May 2010 17:11:33 +0000 http://www.zulius.com/?p=383#comment-202 @Chris AFAIK, yes, your example is the easiest way to do that. @Chris AFAIK, yes, your example is the easiest way to do that.

]]> By: Chris http://www.zulius.com/how-to/grep-skip-svn-directories/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Chris Thu, 06 May 2010 15:32:29 +0000 http://www.zulius.com/?p=383#comment-201 Great tip thanks! What about when you want to exclude multiple directories? Do you have to type --exclude-dir multiple times or is there another way? Example: $ grep -r --exclude-dir='.svn' --exclude-dir='debug' --exclude-dir='templates' 'my search string' /some/directory Great tip thanks!

What about when you want to exclude multiple directories?
Do you have to type --exclude-dir multiple times or is there another way?

Example:
$ grep -r --exclude-dir='.svn' --exclude-dir='debug' --exclude-dir='templates' 'my search string' /some/directory

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