K 10 svn:author V 6 obrien K 8 svn:date V 27 2009-01-30T00:22:08.002479Z K 7 svn:log V 403 For files not named on the command line, only the basename is compared to the exclude pattern. Change this so that "grep --exclude='*/.svn/*' -[Rr] foo *" DWIM. Obtained from: dave+news001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Gibson) Obtained from: comp.unix.questions [Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:54:38 +0000] Obtained from: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.questions/2007-03/msg00046.html END