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Exclude directory in a windows command line recursive search
To exclude a directory from a recursive search in the Windows command line, you can use the dir
command along with the /S
parameter to perform the recursive search, and the /B
parameter to display only the file names without additional information. Then, you can use the findstr
command to filter out the excluded directory.
Here's an example command to exclude a directory named "excluded_directory" from the recursive search:
cssdir /S /B | findstr /V /I /C:"\excluded_directory\"
In this command:
/S
performs a recursive search./B
displays only the file names.findstr
is used to filter out the excluded directory./V
displays only the lines that do not match the search string./I
makes the search case-insensitive./C:"\excluded_directory\"
specifies the search string, which is the path of the excluded directory.
You can replace "excluded_directory" with the actual name or path of the directory you want to exclude. The command will display the file names without including any files within the excluded directory.
Please note that the command above will only exclude the directory from the search results but will still search within its subdirectories. If you want to exclude the directory and all its subdirectories completely from the search, you can use the /XD
parameter with the dir
command. For example:
bashdir /S /B /XD "excluded_directory"
In this command, /XD "excluded_directory"
specifies the directory to exclude, and the /S
and /B
parameters perform a recursive search and display only the file names.