topic Re: Useing grep to find exclusive of in Operating System - HP-UX

Useing grep to find exclusive of

Maarten van Maanen — Tue, 29 Aug 2000 07:47:47 GMT

Just like most HPUX-user I use grep a lot to find files or list files containg certain strings.
Just wondering; can I use grep to list or find files which do NOT contain certain strings.

Re: Useing grep to find exclusive of

Stefan Farrelly — Tue, 29 Aug 2000 07:56:40 GMT

use grep -v

Re: Useing grep to find exclusive of

Victor BERRIDGE — Tue, 29 Aug 2000 07:57:48 GMT

grep -v " string "

Re: Useing grep to find exclusive of

Vincente Fernandes — Tue, 29 Aug 2000 07:58:27 GMT

Look at man page for grep, it is very informative. The option is "-e", use it with negation while testing.

Re: Useing grep to find exclusive of

Maarten van Maanen — Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:35:27 GMT

Thanks a lot for the response.
I read the man page but overlooked the -v option (obviously).