GNU bug report logs - #45432
Use both --include and --exclude at the same time

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Package: grep;

Reported by: "Fred .Flintstone" <eldmannen <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Fred .Flintstone" <eldmannen <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Use both --include and --exclude at the same time
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 14:17:32 +0100

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Hi,

It seems --exclude does nothing when --include is used. It would be useful
to be able to use both together, in order to do things such as recusively
grepping files of a certain file extension while excluding certain
directories.

Example:
$ grep --recursive --include="*.cs" --exclude="*/tests/*"

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