TL;DR use grep -rG <word>
searches for all files recursively in the current directory for files that include <word>
inside them
example:
$ echo "Use Markdown to write and format posts." > tmp.txt
$ cat tmp.txt
Use Markdown to write and format posts.
$ grep -rH "Markdown"
tmp.txt:Use Markdown to write and format posts.
this is naturally case-sensitive. to ignore cases, add the -i
option:
$ grep -riH "markdown"
tmp.txt:Use Markdown to write and format posts.
⚠ Beware
when using this command is large directories (with numerous files and sub-directories), beware of getting text-walled. you might see too many results.
therefore it's recommended to limit your search queries to smaller range of directories/words.
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