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Linux search for a given string in all files recursively

Command line how to find all files that have a string

grep -rnw '/path/to/somewhere/' -e 'pattern'

Source: stackoverflow.com

Search for filename recursively linux

find . -name "foo*"

Linux search for a given string in all files recursively

$ grep -r "String to be searched goes here" *

Linux find text in files recursively -include

# look for airflow Variable usage recursively in it's homepath
# include only python and sql files in the search
grep --include=\*.{py,sql} -rnw /home/airflow -e 'Variable'

# shows how to use exclude... it'll skip data or log files
grep --exclude=\*.{data,log} -rnw . -e 'Variable'

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