[NTLUG:Discuss] Find Files NOT containting 'string'

[gan hawk]

Hi,

If I understand correctly, you want the list of files that contains 'string 
you want' but does not contain 'string you dont want'

cat `grep -l 'stringyouwant' filename` | grep 'stringyoudontwant'

If there is any output then you dont want this file.

Remember that -l option returns after first match. So you will have to put 
this in a loop and print the filename if there is no output.


Ganesh



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>I need to search for files that contain one string but not another.  Can 
>anyone suggest a linux command to do this?
>
>The first part is easy with grep but since grep is line based it doesn't 
>work will for the second part since pretty much every file will have at 
>least one line that does not contain the string.
>
>I guess one way would be to grep a list of files containing the second 
>string and compare it against the list of files that contain the first but 
>I can't think how to easily XOR the two lists of files.  I don't want to 
>ask you to 'do my homework' for me but if you can pull a command of the top 
>of your head, I would appreciate it.
>
>thanks,
>Stuart Johnston
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