'Find in Files' search: exclude files?

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Shai-kun
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'Find in Files' search: exclude files?

Post by Shai-kun »

When using 'Find in Files', is there a way to either
- not search in binary (.dll, .exe etc) files, or
- exclude files or subdirectories by wildcard?
I often need to search across a repository of source code, that also contains directories with compiled builds of said code, so I usually end up with a bunch of useless binary in the search results, making it harder to find what I'm actually looking for.
fred_kidd_iv
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Post by fred_kidd_iv »

Shai-kun,

Try changing the "in Files:" to the file extensions of the source code in question. For example, my C++ searches always use "*.cpp *.c *.cxx *.h *.hxx *.hpp".

Fred
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