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# 1  
Old 06-30-2015
Grep without Hidden files
I wanted to grep some text Recursively, without going through hidden files(.files/.folders)

In my Repo there are lot of .svn folders/subfolders etc.
I dont want to grep in that folders.
Hidden folders can be .svn or .<anyotherfoldername>

Can you give teh command whcih does it "Recursively"
# 2  
Old 06-30-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by naaj_ila
I wanted to grep some text Recursively, without going through hidden files(.files/.folders)

In my Repo there are lot of .svn folders/subfolders etc.
I dont want to grep in that folders.
Hidden folders can be .svn or .<anyotherfoldername>

Can you give teh command whcih does it "Recursively"
You can use find, no? Investigate the "-prune" clause to cut away certain directories from further descending through them.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
# 3  
Old 06-30-2015
Not sure I understand. Usually, if you don't explicitly specify the leading dot, those files will be left untouched/ungrepped.
# 4  
Old 06-30-2015
Try this: -
Code:
grep <pattern> */*

hidden files will left un-grepped.

This is all I understand from your question.

HTH
# 5  
Old 07-04-2015
Code:
find . -name '.*' -prune -o -type f -exec grep thisstring /dev/null {} +

Last edited by MadeInGermany; 07-04-2015 at 10:07 AM.. Reason: removed -type d
# 6  
Old 07-04-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
Code:
find . -name '.*' -prune -o -type f -exec grep thisstring /dev/null {} +

That will prune "." (in addition to the directory names you want to prune starting with "."), which will leave you with no matches. Try:
Code:
find . -name '.?*' -prune -o -type f -exec grep thisstring /dev/null {} +

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