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Rodrigo de Avila
Rodrigo de Avila

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How to find a file by content?

#bash #ubuntu

This tip works on both Linux and macOS.

grep -lr "my text" *.txt
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This command:

  • list files with the pattern my text
  • recursively
  • in all *.txt files

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