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I have a file that contains paths - looks like this:

/Users/a/Desktop
/Users/a/Documents
/Users/a/Documents/Work

What would be the easiest way to remove all lines that contain the current directory ($PWD)?

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grep -v "^$PWD$" FILE-LIST
  • -v inverses the search, so only non-matching lines are printed
  • ^...$ ensures that the pattern only matches the whole line (otherwise all subdirectories of $PWD would got filtered as well)
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    Awesome, that's perfect - simple and works!
    – Emanuil Rusev
    Dec 25, 2018 at 12:38
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    See also the -x option which does the ^ and $ for you
    – Jeff Schaller ♦
    Dec 25, 2018 at 13:20
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    grep -xvF -- "$PWD" should be safe, lest the present working directory name comprise grep regex metachars and/or options.
    – Rakesh Sharma
    Dec 26, 2018 at 4:23

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