How to grep non matching line in linux

[yogesh kumar_2]

Hi

I want to grep non matching lines for particular subdirectory.For ex:

I have subdirectory name called(target) like this

ae/mfs/bcd_io/target
ae/cfs/bcd_io/target

so i have used the following command for non-matching lines

#ls | grep -v target

But it is showing the target subdirectory.

Can anyone help me out in this issue.

[Oviwan]

Hi

in which directory do you execute
ls |grep -v target
?

btw: this is hpux forum...

regards

[Ivan Krastev]

Use recursive ls (-R) or use find and after that grep.

regards,
ivan

[yogesh kumar_2]

I want to exclude that target subdirectory

grep -v target

target(subdirectory)

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

drop the ls command and use find:
mkdir -p ae/mfs/bcd_io/target/sub1 ae/cfs/bcd_io/target/sub2
find ae | grep -v target
ae
ae/mfs
ae/mfs/bcd_io
ae/cfs
ae/cfs/bcd_io

mfG Peter

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

find . * | xargs grep -v mytext

[AZayed]

Hi,

How about using diff dir_1 dir_2

Regards,

[Dennis Handly]

If you are using ksh or a posix shell you can use:
ls !(target)