Comments on: grep excluding .svn dirs http://antoniolorusso.com/2008/05/12/grep-excluding-svn-dirs/ About me and what I do :) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:01:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anson MacKerache http://antoniolorusso.com/2008/05/12/grep-excluding-svn-dirs/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Anson MacKerache Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:42:56 +0000 http://antoniolorusso.com/?p=101#comment-431 I have a hard time believing that ack could be faster than grep, and there doesn't seem to be any benchmarks on the project page. I admit, grep can be a little complicated, but IMHO it is the best string matching program available. Even the fact that ack is advertising as "better than grep" makes me suspect the whole affair. /rant Thanks for this post, btw! I have a hard time believing that ack could be faster than grep, and there doesn’t seem to be any benchmarks on the project page. I admit, grep can be a little complicated, but IMHO it is the best string matching program available.

Even the fact that ack is advertising as “better than grep” makes me suspect the whole affair.

/rant

Thanks for this post, btw!

]]> By: Andrew http://antoniolorusso.com/2008/05/12/grep-excluding-svn-dirs/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Andrew Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:30:56 +0000 http://antoniolorusso.com/?p=101#comment-363 Actually, I was wrong again. The --exclude option of grep only excludes files, NOT directories. Grep 2.5.3 added the --exclude-dir option specifically for excluding directories (in which case --exclude-dir=\.svn works); in earlier versions, one needs to use the find command and pipe it to grep (though I never got that to work properly). Best by far, however, is to just use ack instead (see betterthangrep.com). It's faster, ignores .svn directories by default, and simply requires this statement: ack [pattern] Actually, I was wrong again. The –exclude option of grep only excludes files, NOT directories. Grep 2.5.3 added the –exclude-dir option specifically for excluding directories (in which case –exclude-dir=\.svn works); in earlier versions, one needs to use the find command and pipe it to grep (though I never got that to work properly). Best by far, however, is to just use ack instead (see betterthangrep.com). It’s faster, ignores .svn directories by default, and simply requires this statement: ack [pattern]

]]> By: antonio lorusso http://antoniolorusso.com/2008/05/12/grep-excluding-svn-dirs/comment-page-1/#comment-362 antonio lorusso Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000 http://antoniolorusso.com/?p=101#comment-362 thanks Andrew, it was a mistake. I fixed the error. thanks Andrew, it was a mistake. I fixed the error.

]]> By: Andrew http://antoniolorusso.com/2008/05/12/grep-excluding-svn-dirs/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Andrew Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:12:28 +0000 http://antoniolorusso.com/?p=101#comment-361 This is a great tip, but it seems like the regular expression is strange -- shouldn't you escape the . (dot) and not the * (asterix)? For me, this is what worked: --exclude=*\.svn* This is a great tip, but it seems like the regular expression is strange — shouldn’t you escape the . (dot) and not the * (asterix)? For me, this is what worked: –exclude=*\.svn*

]]> By: Jesper http://antoniolorusso.com/2008/05/12/grep-excluding-svn-dirs/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Jesper Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:27:47 +0000 http://antoniolorusso.com/?p=101#comment-352 Just what I needed. Thanks! Just what I needed. Thanks!

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