Question: How Do I Search for a Specific String in a File in Linux?
Contents How Do I Search for a String in a File in Linux? to Search Multiple Files with the Grep Command, Insert the Filenames You Want to Search, Separated...
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How do I search for a string in a file in Linux?
To search multiple files with the grep command, insert the filenames you want to search, separated with a space character. The terminal prints the name of every file that contains the matching lines, and the actual lines that include the required string of characters. You can append as many filenames as needed.
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How do I search for a specific text in a file in Linux?
To find files containing specific text in Linux, do the following.
- Open your favorite terminal app. XFCE4 terminal is my personal preference.
- Navigate (if required) to the folder in which you are going to search files with some specific text.
- Type the following command: grep -iRl “your-text-to-find” ./
4 сент. 2017 г.
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