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Linux Daily Tip – Recursive Grep

At times it becomes annoying trying to find a string within a file fast and effectively. Grep can handle this task for us!

To search all files and sub-directories recursively for a phrase:

grep -r -i string_your_looking_for /
Published April 27, 2010
Categorized as Linux Systems Tagged file, file contents search, grep, locating, location, recursive, search, string search
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