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<syntaxhighlight lang="shell" line="1">grep -rni 'string or regexp' *</syntaxhighlight>Where: | <syntaxhighlight lang="shell" line="1">grep -rni 'string or regexp' *</syntaxhighlight> | ||
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* <code class="noTypo">*</code> - will match to all files and directories (which doesn't start with <code class="noTypo">.</code>, alternatively you may need to use <code class="noTypo">./</code> to match everything within the current directory; | * <code class="noTypo">*</code> - will match to all files and directories (which doesn't start with <code class="noTypo">.</code>, alternatively you may need to use <code class="noTypo">./</code> to match everything within the current directory; | ||
* <code class="noTypo">-r</code>, <code class="noTypo">--recursive</code> - in this case works together with <code class="noTypo">*</code> (or <code class="noTypo">./</code>); | * <code class="noTypo">-r</code>, <code class="noTypo">--recursive</code> - in this case works together with <code class="noTypo">*</code> (or <code class="noTypo">./</code>); | ||
* <code class="noTypo">-n</code>, --line-number - output the line number where the match is found, | * <code class="noTypo">-n</code>, <code class="noTypo">--line-number</code> - output the line number where the match is found, | ||
* <code class="noTypo">-i</code>, <code class="noTypo">--ignore-case</code> - do case insensitive match. | * <code class="noTypo">-i</code>, <code class="noTypo">--ignore-case</code> - do case insensitive match. | ||
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Revision as of 10:28, 4 August 2022
grep -rni 'string or regexp' *
Where:
*– will match to all files and directories (which doesn't start with., alternatively you may need to use./to match everything within the current directory;-r,--recursive– in this case works together with*(or./);-n,--line-number– output the line number where the match is found,-i,--ignore-case– do case insensitive match.
