How to specify ignore pattern in grep?

Question

How can I make grep to ignore some files (e.g. .svn directories, binary files, etc.) while grepping recursively?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Use an --exclude pattern as already answered here

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

Community

answered Nov 01 '10 at 12:52

Gareth Davidson

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '10 at 12:52

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Use ack.

answered Nov 01 '10 at 12:52

darioo

The issue asks for a solution in grep, not for a tool to achieve the same – mloureiro Feb 01 '17 at 10:02

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