Useing grep to find exclusive of

[Maarten van Maanen]

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.

[Stefan Farrelly · Accepted solution]

use grep -v

[Victor BERRIDGE]

grep -v " string "

[Vincente Fernandes]

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

[Maarten van Maanen]

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