How to exclude .class files from file search in Eclipse?

Question

I want eclipse to ignore all .class files when I search for a keyword in files. I don't want a particular directory to be excluded, instead I want to exclude all files of type .class

Answer 1

when you open the File Search in Eclipse, there is a text box for filename patterns. You can enter the patterns you DO want to include, like *.java, *.xml, etc. (each pattern separated by a comma) , and it will only search in files of that type.

EDIT: To exclude a file type, place an exclamation mark in front of the pattern, like

!*.class, !*.svn

Answer 2

I managed to exclude files of a specific extension in eclipse using resource filters:

• Right-click on the project in project explorer -> select properties
• Expand the Resource heading on the left of the properties window and select Resource filters
• Select the Add Filter button

In my scenario, I was ignoring tar.gz archives:

So in this example *.class could have been inputted rather than *.tar.gz to ignore all files with the class extension.