excluding/including directories in grep search path

[Daliyot, Maoz]

Hello,
How can I exclude/include directories in grep's search list?

In my grep version, exclude/include switches only apply to files:

--include=PATTERN
Recurse in directories only searching file matching PATTERN.

--exclude=PATTERN
Recurse in directories skip file matching PATTERN.

Thanks.

Maoz

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[Bob Proulx]

Daliyot, Maoz wrote:
> How can I exclude/include directories in grep's search list?

The Unix philosophy would be to use programs that do one thing well.
In this case 'find' is IMNHO the better model. The 'find' command is
specifically designed to traverse directory hierarchies in whatever
way that you want and to interface to other utilities easily.

find . -name FOODIR -prune -o -type f -exec grep PATTERN {} +

Bob