using grep --recursive, how to exclude specific line with the 'unwanted' and 'wanted' word in it?

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I'm currently building my dotfiles and I want to list all TODO: ... comments in my project's directory, I created a bash alias to do this:

 alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TODO: "'

It works well, however, it also returns the alias definition. this is the sample output.

 devs@dotfiles$ mytodo

 bash/profile.d/aliases/: alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TODO: "'
 bin/git_branch_status/: # TODO: Add checking of remote branch status.
 tools/setup/: # TODO: Add search for existing symlinks.

how can I specifically exclude that line with the alias definition?

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I'm currently building my dotfiles and I want to list all TODO: ... comments in my project's directory, I created a bash alias to do this:

 alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TODO: "'

It works well, however, it also returns the alias definition. this is the sample output.

 devs@dotfiles$ mytodo

 bash/profile.d/aliases/: alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TODO: "'
 bin/git_branch_status/: # TODO: Add checking of remote branch status.
 tools/setup/: # TODO: Add search for existing symlinks.

how can I specifically exclude that line with the alias definition?

edited 19 mins ago

asked 59 mins ago

John Fred Fadrigalan

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up vote
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I'm currently building my dotfiles and I want to list all TODO: ... comments in my project's directory, I created a bash alias to do this:

 alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TODO: "'

It works well, however, it also returns the alias definition. this is the sample output.

 devs@dotfiles$ mytodo

 bash/profile.d/aliases/: alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TODO: "'
 bin/git_branch_status/: # TODO: Add checking of remote branch status.
 tools/setup/: # TODO: Add search for existing symlinks.

how can I specifically exclude that line with the alias definition?

edited 19 mins ago

asked 59 mins ago

John Fred Fadrigalan

2314

I'm currently building my dotfiles and I want to list all TODO: ... comments in my project's directory, I created a bash alias to do this:

 alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TODO: "'

It works well, however, it also returns the alias definition. this is the sample output.

 devs@dotfiles$ mytodo

 bash/profile.d/aliases/: alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TODO: "'
 bin/git_branch_status/: # TODO: Add checking of remote branch status.
 tools/setup/: # TODO: Add search for existing symlinks.

how can I specifically exclude that line with the alias definition?

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edited 19 mins ago

asked 59 mins ago

John Fred Fadrigalan

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edited 19 mins ago

asked 59 mins ago

John Fred Fadrigalan

2314

edited 19 mins ago

asked 59 mins ago

John Fred Fadrigalan

2314

asked 59 mins ago

John Fred Fadrigalan

2314

asked 59 mins ago

John Fred Fadrigalan

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One way to prevent a regexp from hitting itself is to enclose a single character in a character class:

alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TOD[O]:"'

answered 50 mins ago

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it works now! Thanks. I will accept this as the answer..
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
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You can simply pipe it into grep -v 'alias' to get all lines which don't contain alias.

answered 55 mins ago

Panki

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it works with grep -v 'alias' | grep -r 'TODO: ' but for some reason it messed up the colors of the grep output.. any idea why?
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
46 mins ago

@JohnFredFadrigalan Do you already have a grep alias? That's typically where the color option is set.
â€“Â JigglyNaga
42 mins ago

I already aliased the grep with --color=auto so i think its because of the piping.. I tried to reverse the order of the command and it works with colored output but it freezes.
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
34 mins ago

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One way to prevent a regexp from hitting itself is to enclose a single character in a character class:

alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TOD[O]:"'

answered 50 mins ago

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it works now! Thanks. I will accept this as the answer..
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
40 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
4
down vote

accepted

One way to prevent a regexp from hitting itself is to enclose a single character in a character class:

alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TOD[O]:"'

answered 50 mins ago

JigglyNaga

2,721623

it works now! Thanks. I will accept this as the answer..
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
40 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
4
down vote

accepted

One way to prevent a regexp from hitting itself is to enclose a single character in a character class:

alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TOD[O]:"'

answered 50 mins ago

JigglyNaga

2,721623

One way to prevent a regexp from hitting itself is to enclose a single character in a character class:

alias mytodo='grep --recursive "TOD[O]:"'

answered 50 mins ago

JigglyNaga

2,721623

answered 50 mins ago

JigglyNaga

2,721623

answered 50 mins ago

JigglyNaga

2,721623

answered 50 mins ago

JigglyNaga

2,721623

it works now! Thanks. I will accept this as the answer..
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
40 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

it works now! Thanks. I will accept this as the answer..
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
40 mins ago

it works now! Thanks. I will accept this as the answer..
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
40 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

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3
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You can simply pipe it into grep -v 'alias' to get all lines which don't contain alias.

answered 55 mins ago

Panki

1717

it works with grep -v 'alias' | grep -r 'TODO: ' but for some reason it messed up the colors of the grep output.. any idea why?
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
46 mins ago

@JohnFredFadrigalan Do you already have a grep alias? That's typically where the color option is set.
â€“Â JigglyNaga
42 mins ago

I already aliased the grep with --color=auto so i think its because of the piping.. I tried to reverse the order of the command and it works with colored output but it freezes.
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
34 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
3
down vote

You can simply pipe it into grep -v 'alias' to get all lines which don't contain alias.

answered 55 mins ago

Panki

1717

it works with grep -v 'alias' | grep -r 'TODO: ' but for some reason it messed up the colors of the grep output.. any idea why?
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
46 mins ago

@JohnFredFadrigalan Do you already have a grep alias? That's typically where the color option is set.
â€“Â JigglyNaga
42 mins ago

I already aliased the grep with --color=auto so i think its because of the piping.. I tried to reverse the order of the command and it works with colored output but it freezes.
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
34 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
3
down vote

You can simply pipe it into grep -v 'alias' to get all lines which don't contain alias.

answered 55 mins ago

Panki

1717

You can simply pipe it into grep -v 'alias' to get all lines which don't contain alias.

answered 55 mins ago

Panki

1717

answered 55 mins ago

Panki

1717

answered 55 mins ago

Panki

1717

answered 55 mins ago

Panki

1717

it works with grep -v 'alias' | grep -r 'TODO: ' but for some reason it messed up the colors of the grep output.. any idea why?
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
46 mins ago

@JohnFredFadrigalan Do you already have a grep alias? That's typically where the color option is set.
â€“Â JigglyNaga
42 mins ago

I already aliased the grep with --color=auto so i think its because of the piping.. I tried to reverse the order of the command and it works with colored output but it freezes.
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
34 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

it works with grep -v 'alias' | grep -r 'TODO: ' but for some reason it messed up the colors of the grep output.. any idea why?
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
46 mins ago

@JohnFredFadrigalan Do you already have a grep alias? That's typically where the color option is set.
â€“Â JigglyNaga
42 mins ago

I already aliased the grep with --color=auto so i think its because of the piping.. I tried to reverse the order of the command and it works with colored output but it freezes.
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
34 mins ago

it works with grep -v 'alias' | grep -r 'TODO: ' but for some reason it messed up the colors of the grep output.. any idea why?
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
46 mins ago

@JohnFredFadrigalan Do you already have a grep alias? That's typically where the color option is set.
â€“Â JigglyNaga
42 mins ago

I already aliased the grep with --color=auto so i think its because of the piping.. I tried to reverse the order of the command and it works with colored output but it freezes.
â€“Â John Fred Fadrigalan
34 mins ago

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