bin/78504: grep --exclude does not check directories ?

[Chris Hodgins]

The following reply was made to PR bin/78504; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Chris Hodgins <chodgins at cis.strath.ac.uk>
To: Charlie & <root at bang.freebsd.dk>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/78504: grep --exclude does not check directories ?
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 17:38:47 +0000

 Charlie & wrote:
 >>Number:         78504
 >>Category:       bin
 >>Synopsis:       grep --exclude does not check directories ?
 >>Confidential:   no
 >>Severity:       non-critical
 >>Priority:       medium
 >>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 >>State:          open
 >>Quarter:        
 >>Keywords:       
 >>Date-Required:
 >>Class:          sw-bug
 >>Submitter-Id:   current-users
 >>Arrival-Date:   Sun Mar 06 18:00:07 GMT 2005
 >>Closed-Date:
 >>Last-Modified:
 >>Originator:     Charlie &
 >>Release:        FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT i386
 >>Organization:
 >>Environment:
 > 
 > System: FreeBSD bang.freebsd.dk 6.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #2: Tue Feb 15 14:21:39 CET 2005 root at bang.freebsd.dk:/bang/p4/phk/phk_bufwork/sys/i386/compile/BANG i386
 > 
 > 	-current.
 > 
 > 
 >>Description:
 > 
 > 
 > 	# cat grep.sh
 > 	#!/bin/sh
 > 
 > 	mkdir __
 > 	cd __
 > 	mkdir aaa
 > 	echo foo > a1
 > 	echo foo > aaa/a1
 > 
 > 	set -x
 > 	grep -r --exclude=aaa foo .
 > 	# sh -x grep.sh
 > 	+ grep -r --exclude=aaa foo .
 > 	./aaa/a1:foo
 > 	./a1:foo
 > 
 > 	It doesn't seem possible to exclude directories when using
 > 	the -r(ecursive) option.
 > 
 
 The man page states that the exclude flag is for skipping files and not 
 directories.
 
           --exclude=PATTERN
                Recurse in directories skip file matching PATTERN.
 
 You can do what you want with the find command.
 
 find . \( -type d -name "aaa" -prune \) -o -print
 
 Chris
 
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