On Sunday, October 21, 2018 09:48:28 AM David Wright wrote: > On Sun 21 Oct 2018 at 05:25:05 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > > I wish a list of files with a specific extension in a directory which > > contain keywordA but not keywordB. Recursing down the directory tree > > was the primary objection to the MATE search tool. > > At last, a direct question! > > $ grep -L keywordB $(grep -l keywordA a-directory/*extension)
I am not the OP, and I haven't tried this out, but, reading the grep man page for the -L (and the -l) option, I'm a little concerned by the sentence that says ~"Scanning will stop on the first match" -- does that mean it will stop scanning the particular file being scanned, or does that mean it will stop scanning in the directory (or list of files) being scanned? I guess I should assume you know what you're doing, but I am uncertain what the man page is telling me. > > Mix with quotes according to taste and needs.
