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Maarten van Maanen
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Useing grep to find exclusive of

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.
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Stefan Farrelly
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Re: Useing grep to find exclusive of


use grep -v
Im from Palmerston North, New Zealand, but somehow ended up in London...
Victor BERRIDGE
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Re: Useing grep to find exclusive of

grep -v " string "
Vincente Fernandes
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Re: Useing grep to find exclusive of

Look at man page for grep, it is very informative. The option is "-e", use it with negation while testing.
Maarten van Maanen
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Re: Useing grep to find exclusive of

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