Finding all files containing a text string on Linux or Mac

Last updated on March 20th, 2020 at 08:41 pm

I need to find some string in all folders.

[code lang=”bash”]
grep -rnw ‘./folder/’ -e “search-text”
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Note:

• -r is recursive
• -n is line number
• -w stands match the whole word

Tags:

• find strings
• linux
• mac