The command "find src *.xml | xargs grep -E 'xxx' > xxx.txt" in Cygwin Thanks to Julien for the tip :-) . The command is very fast and I therefore prefer to use it.
But how to exclude files from the listings? Something like: "Find and list all "xyz" in all xml files in all folders except in the .svn folders". Perhaps an unfulfillable wish? The help in Cygwin was of no help to me in this question.
Kolbj?rn

Ulf-D. Ehlert skreiv:

Kolbj?rn Stuest?l (Dienstag, 25. M?rz 2008, 21:54):

The command "find src *.xml | xargs grep -E 'xxx' > xxx.txt" in Cygwin Thanks to Julien for the tip :-) . The command is very fast and I therefore prefer to use it.
But how to exclude files from the listings? Something like: "Find and list all "xyz" in all xml files in all folders except in the .svn folders". Perhaps an unfulfillable wish? The help in Cygwin was of no help to me in this question.
Kolbj?rn

find src -name .svn -prune -o -name '*.xml' -print

or (to exclude more than one directory)

find src \( -name .svn -o -name foo \) -prune -o -name '*.xml' -print

Ulf

Thank you a lot. I'll give it a try as soon as possible. The more I learn, the more I know how little I know Kolbj?rn

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Ulf-D. Ehlert skreiv:

Kolbj?rn Stuest?l (Dienstag, 25. M?rz 2008, 21:54):

The command "find src *.xml | xargs grep -E 'xxx' > xxx.txt" in Cygwin Thanks to Julien for the tip :-) . The command is very fast and I therefore prefer to use it.
But how to exclude files from the listings? Something like: "Find and list all "xyz" in all xml files in all folders except in the .svn folders". Perhaps an unfulfillable wish? The help in Cygwin was of no help to me in this question.
Kolbj?rn

find src -name .svn -prune -o -name '*.xml' -print

or (to exclude more than one directory)

find src \( -name .svn -o -name foo \) -prune -o -name '*.xml' -print

Ulf

Hi Ulf
My wish was to sort out and list all xml files containing the word "xyz" (or whatever) in the src directory except for the files in the .svn folders.
I had to combine the two commands:
"find src -name '.svn' -prune -o -name '*.xml' -print | xargs grep -E 'xyz' > xyz.txt"
As usual, if you omit the "> xyz.txt" the output goes to the screen instead of the text file.
(Fortunately Cygwin has a repeat command function). Perhaps this command could be of some use to others. Thanks to you and to Julien.
Kolbj?rn

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