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October 2020

How to find files that contain specific text in Linux

How to find files that contain specific text in Linux

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To search for a specific text on a Linux system, the grep command can be used according to the following syntax:

grep -iRl "text_to_search" ./

The basic parameters are:

  • i: ignore text case (uppercase or lowercase)
  • R: search recursively in subfolders files
  • l: show file names instead of parts of the file contents

The folder path to be searched is specified last.

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