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Old 12-07-2012
RedHat Grep for a srting & exclude two folders
Hi,

Below is the command to grep for a string under

Code:
grep -r "redeem" /home/tom

Need to make it case insensitive and exclude
Code:
logs & tmp

folders under
Code:
/home/tom

directory in my Search.

Need this in Linux.
Last edited by mohtashims; 12-07-2012 at 10:49 AM..
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Old 12-07-2012
Code:
find /home/tom -not -name logs -and -not -name tmp -exec grep -i "redeem" {} \;

Code:
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