Yes, I meant like Tanaka said, I want BOTH to include AND exclude. So I can include only a file extension, and exclude certain directories such as directories containing unit tests and integration tests.
On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 2:27 PM Norihiro Tanaka <nori...@kcn.ne.jp> wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 09:55:48 -0800 > Jim Meyering <j...@meyering.net> wrote: > > > tags 45432 moreinfo > > stop > > > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 8:57 AM Fred .Flintstone <eldman...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > It seems --exclude does nothing when --include is used. It would be > useful > > > to be able to use both together, in order to do things such as > recusively > > > grepping files of a certain file extension while excluding certain > > > directories. > > > > > > Example: > > > $ grep --recursive --include="*.cs" --exclude="*/tests/*" > > > > Can you provide a complete example showing a malfunction? > > You've probably already read this from "info grep", but see also > > the description of --exclude there: > > > > ‘--include=GLOB’ > > Search only files whose name matches GLOB, using wildcard matching > > as described under ‘--exclude’. If contradictory ‘--include’ and > > ‘--exclude’ options are given, the last matching one wins. If no > > ‘--include’ or ‘--exclude’ options match, a file is included unless > > the first such option is ‘--include’. > > I understand as he requests "AND" condition. > > $ mkdir a b > $ touch a/x.a a/x.b b/x.a b/x.b > $ for file in */*; do echo x >$file; done > > Current result: > $ grep --recursive '--include=*.a' '--exclude=b/*' x . > ./b/x.a:x > ./a/x.a:x > > Request from him: > $ grep --recursive '--include=*.a' '--exclude=b/*' x . > ./a/x.a:x > > It means "*.a expept b/*" > >
