You Asked: How Do I Search Inside Files in Linux?

How do I search the contents of a file in Unix?

The grep command searches through the file, looking for matches to the pattern specified. To use it type grep , then the pattern we’re searching for and finally the name of the file (or files) we’re searching in. The output is the three lines in the file that contain the letters ‘not’.

How do I search for a specific word in a file in Linux?

Using grep to Find a Specific Word in a File

1. grep -Rw ‘/path/to/search/’ -e ‘pattern’
2. grep –exclude=*.csv -Rw ‘/path/to/search’ -e ‘pattern’
3. grep –exclude-dir={dir1,dir2,*_old} -Rw ‘/path/to/search’ -e ‘pattern’
4. find . – name “*.php” -exec grep “pattern” {} ;