Sometimes you want to exclude a directory and/or files from a search. This alias:
cfind=’find . \( -type d -name .svn -prune -o -path ./stock-data/tests/data -prune \) -o \( -type f \! -name “*.csv” -print0 \) | xargs -0 grep’
…means:
“Recursively loop through all of the files and directories in the current directory and below. If it’s a directory named .svn or it’s in the stock-data path, or it ends in .csv ignore it. Otherwise, search for your keyword in the file.”