[Gimp-docs] command "find"

[Ulf-D. Ehlert]

Kolbjørn Stuestøl (Dienstag, 25. März 2008, 21:54):
> The command "find src *.xml | xargs grep -E 'xxx' > xxx.txt" in
> Cygwin Thanks to Julien for the tip :-) . The command is very fast
> and I therefore prefer to use it.
> But how to exclude files from the listings? Something like: "Find and
> list all "xyz" in all xml files in all folders except in the .svn
> folders". Perhaps an unfulfillable wish? The help in Cygwin was of no
> help to me in this question.
> Kolbjørn

find src -name .svn -prune -o -name '*.xml' -print

or (to exclude more than one directory)

find src \( -name .svn -o -name foo \) -prune -o -name '*.xml' -print

Ulf
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