Ask HN: Setting to ignore /node_modules with find and grep

2 pointsby ereckersabout 9 years ago

Searching files in terminal and node_modules is making my life extremely uncomfortable.Project directory looks like so:<pre><code> project/ ├── index.html ├── node_modules ├── js/ │ └── scripts.js └── style.css </code></pre> I find myself using `find . | xargs grep "text string"` to search the project directory.I want to ignore everything in node_modules all of the time.I'm familiar with --prune and ignoring, etc.. but I want something like an alias in my .profile that ALWAYS ignores the contents of node_modules.I've looked around, but I just don't know if I'm asking the question correctly.Anyone have any solutions?

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kspaansabout 9 years ago

Tried `git grep`? It's a nearly full grep, and will ignore things that aren't tracked in the repo.