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Find files containing specific text

This helped me a lot whenever I'm in a remote server trying to find a keyword or specific text amongst a bunch of files.This command will save you a lot of time: stands for recursion displays the line number matches the whole wordRefer to pages for more info.

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This helped me a lot whenever I'm in a remote server trying to find a keyword or specific text amongst a bunch of files.

This command will save you a lot of time:


grep -rwn [path] -e 'pattern'

r stands for recursion
n displays the line number
w matches the whole word

Refer to man find pages for more info.