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Grep for files that do not match a pattern

 / Published in: Bash
 

URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/html_node/Usage.html

The -L option lists files that do not contain a line matching the pattern given.

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  1. grep -L "the pattern" *
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  3. # to recurse into subdirectories
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  5. grep -RL "the pattern" *

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