Grep for files that does not contain a specific string

Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Another useful way to use grep is for printing file names that do not contain a specific string, for example

grep -L "string" *

You can use the -L option of the grep command, which prints the names of all files that do not contain the specified search string.

The * at the end tells grep to search all files in the current directory. If you want to search only specific files or directories, you can replace the * with the filenames or directory names.

Recursively grep with emacs lisp only

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

I was looking for a way to recursively grep inside a directory and a find-grep replacement since its not availabe in windows and I found this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bxtwfg/grep_and_find_but_in_pure_emacs_lisp/

(project-find-regexp)

Grep on Raveen Kumar

Grep for files that does not contain a specific string

Recursively grep with emacs lisp only