- 1 year ago
Does anyone know of a utility that will find all files that do NOT contain a specified string
There are several utilities and command-line tools available that can help you find files that do not contain a specified string. Here are a few options:
grep
command with the-L
option:perlgrep -L "specified string" *
This command searches for files in the current directory that do not contain the specified string. The
-L
option is used to invert the match and list the files that do not match the string.ack
command with the-L
option:arduinoack -L "specified string"
Similar to
grep
,ack
is a tool specifically designed for code searching. The-L
option is used to display the files that do not contain the specified string.find
command withgrep
:bashfind . -type f -exec grep -L "specified string" {} \;
This command uses
find
to locate all files in the current directory and its subdirectories, and thengrep
is used with the-L
option to filter out files that do not contain the specified string.PowerShell command:
mathematicaGet-ChildItem -Recurse | Select-String -Pattern "specified string" -NotMatch | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Path
This PowerShell command uses
Get-ChildItem
to get all files recursively,Select-String
with the-NotMatch
parameter to find files that do not contain the specified string, andSelect-Object
to display only the file paths.
These utilities provide different options and variations for finding files that do not contain a specified string. Choose the one that best suits your requirements and the platform you're working on.