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grep for files that contain "string-a" but not "string-b"
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grep-a-not-b.sh
# Thanks https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/128436
grep -le "string-a" * --null | xargs -0 -n 1 -I {} grep -Le "string-b" "{}"
# Simplified version can be used if file paths have no spaces:
grep -Le "string-b" $(grep -le "string-a" *)
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