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at August 13, 2011 05:41 by klovera
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grep -lir "search string" *
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-l switch output only the names of files in which the text occurs as opposed to each line containing the text<br>
-i switch ignores the case<br>
-r descends into subdirectories<br>

Example:
grep -lir "my search string" /home/account_name/public_html/

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Find files containing search string

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Bash, search

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Bash