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Harry Moreno
Harry Moreno

Reputation: 11653

silver searcher ignore multiple directories

using The silver searcher how can I ignore multiple directories?

I tried ag foo --ignore-dir dir1,dir2 but it doesn't work.

Upvotes: 50

Views: 18850

Answers (2)

gylaz
gylaz

Reputation: 13581

You an also do this (without needing to repeat the flag):

ag foo --ignore-dir={dir1,dir2}

You need to use this format with more than one directory. Otherwise, if it's with just one directory, you'd need to provide a comma, like: ag foo --ignore-dir={dir1,}.

Upvotes: 65

Harry Moreno
Harry Moreno

Reputation: 11653

you can specify the argument multiple times

ag foo --ignore-dir dir1 --ignore-dir dir2

Upvotes: 47

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