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Hi All,
I would like to look for all the files in a directory (and subdirectory) NOT containging a given string (the string is "LOST 100 100").

Any idea how to proceed?

Thanks a lot,
Gino

Code:

find dir -name "*" -type f -exec grep -lv 'LOST 100 100' {} \;

So if I want to look only for files ending with ".i"
I will use
find . -name "*.i" -type f -exec grep -lv 'LOST 100 100' {} \;

Thanks

Anyway it is listing also the files containing the string, while I would like a list of those files NOT containing the given string

It works well for me..Paste the line containing the string in the file which you think will not come as a result of the above command.

Maybe I'm missing something:

I type this
find . -name "*.i" -type f -exec grep -lv 'LOST 100 100' {} \;

I get this
./w55d1.i

tail *.i gives

F28:P,E (102<121<220) (102<121<240) T
E28 0 1199I 15.0 $ 12.5 keV/bin
FT28 scx 1
c ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CUT J 1e-2 J J $ cut photons below 10000 eV
CUT:e J 1e-2 J J $ cut electrons below 10000 eV
PRINT 30 40 50 120 128 170 $ print extra table p. 3-136
PRDMP 0 J 1 4 $ print mctal file, only 4 last dumps in r file
LOST 100 100
NPS 125e6

Thank you anyway,

I get this
./w55d1.i

Why are you giving tail *.i?????

Have you given tail w55d1.i?

Yes, w55d1.i is the only file ending with ".i"