Unix tip: Finding files not containing a pattern

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    • 26 August, 2009 at 5:27 pm #1896
      Amit Bansal
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      Q. How do you find files which do not contain a specific pattern say ‘ORA-‘

      A. You can use below command

      find . -name “*log” ! -exec grep -q “ORA-” {} ; -print

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