linux grep exclude code example

Example 1: grep but exclude directory

grep -rli --exclude-dir=/path/to/exclude "keyword"

Example 2: grep exclude directory

grep -rli --exclude-dir={dir1,dir2,dir3} keyword /path/to/search

Example 3: grep exclude

Just filter your output with:
grep -v "excluded_pattern"
Example to get all not txt files in current directory.
ls | grep -v .txt

Example 4: grep excep

# grep anything inside any file

grep -R "yourWord" ./path