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turbopixel

Reputation: 142

Search Sublime Text 3 for files that don't contain a specific string

Is it possible to carry out a search in Sublime Text 3 for files that don't contain the following string: 'include/config.php'?

This doesn't work:

(?!include/config.php)

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2787

Answers (1)

Wiktor Stribiżew
Wiktor Stribiżew

Reputation: 627110

You can't use an unanchored lookahead, it will be looking anywhere inside a text.

Since ^ matches a beginning of a line, you'd rather use \A anchor that matches the beginning of the whole text.

Also, you need to be able to check across newlines and text, thus, you need to enable a DOTALL mode with (?s) and use .* inside the lookahead.

Also, to make sure we match whole words, use \b (word boundaries). And do not forget to escape the dot to match a literal dot.

Use

(?s)\A(?!.*\binclude/config\.php\b)

Upvotes: 6

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