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

[Rusty Haddock]

Robert Citek wrote:
    >
    >At 07:01 PM 11/6/2003 -0600, Stuart Johnston wrote:
    >>I need to search for files that contain one string but not another.  Can 
    >>anyone suggest a linux command to do this?
    >
    >At 10:32 PM 11/6/2003 -0600, Rusty Haddock wrote:
    >>grep -l 'iwantthisstring' {list of files} | xargs grep -L 'idontwantthis'
    >
    >Sample input files:
    >
    >echo -e "abc\ndef" > x-abc\ def
    >echo -e "def\nghi" > x-def\ ghi
    >echo -e "ghi\njkl" > x-ghi\ jkl
    >echo -e "jkl\nabc" > x-jkl\ abc

Files names with spaces in them.  Oh, that is sooooo ugly. :-P
And so Windowsesque. :-)

    >$ grep -Z -l "abc" x-* | xargs -0 grep -L "def"
    >x-jkl abc
    >
    >>   >As I've said a number of times before, 'xargs(1)' is your friend!  :-)
    >>Still true though.
    >Yup.

Someone's been down this path before...

Daggummit, that's three options to xargs and grep that I've learned
in 24-hours.  'preciate it though!

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