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in linux, how to search for files containing a given string?

bajajv
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Hi,

Suppose in a directory, I want to search for all the .txt files which contain string "abc", then what would be the command for that?

Thanks.
Sep 6 '10 #1
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bajajv
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this works..

grep "abc" -R ./
Sep 6 '10 #2
Nepomuk
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Hi bajajv!

Thanks for posting the answer you found. Yes, the (e)grep tool is very powerful for searching through text. It also supports regular expressions.

Greetings,
Nepomuk
Sep 6 '10 #3

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