Find all files containing a specific text (string) on Linux
Jun 6, 2013 · How do I find all files containing a specific string of text within their file contents? The following doesn't work. It seems to display every single file in the system. find / -type f …
linux - How do I recursively grep all directories and subdirectories ...
Feb 16, 2016 · In this case, . means the current directory. Note: This works for GNU grep, and on some platforms like Solaris you must specifically use GNU grep as opposed to legacy …
How do I fetch lines before/after the grep result in bash?
Sep 16, 2012 · The command in the first pipe uses grep to print out all the text that appears a specified number of lines before the matching string, and an additional pipe operator makes …
linux - How to grep a string in a directory and all its subdirectories ...
56 grep -r -e string directory -r is for recursive; -e is optional but its argument specifies the regex to search for. Interestingly, POSIX grep is not required to support -r (or -R), but I'm practically …
Negative matching using grep (match lines that do not contain foo)
The awk command syntax you outline is very clear -- but I must be doing it wrong as it's not working for me! I'm trying to select certain lines of output from a locate command. Each line …
linux - More elegant "ps aux | grep -v grep" - Stack Overflow
Feb 21, 2012 · When I check list of processes and 'grep' out those that are interesting for me, the grep itself is also included in the results. For example, to list terminals: $ ps aux | grep terminal …
linux - How to perform grep operation on all files in a directory ...
430 Working with xenserver, and I want to perform a command on each file that is in a directory, grep ping some stuff out of the output of the command and appending it in a file. I'm clear on …
How can I grep recursively, but only in files with certain extensions?
To take the explanation from HoldOffHunger's answer below: grep: command -r: recursively -i: ignore-case -n: each output line is preceded by its relative line number in the file --include …
linux - Get line number while using grep - Stack Overflow
I am using grep recursive to search files for a string, and all the matched files and the lines containing that string are printed on the terminal. But is it possible to get the line numbers of …
Grep only the first match and stop - Stack Overflow
Oct 20, 2016 · 11 Reading the grep manual (man grep) this is the minimum command to find first match with Extended regexp. Example getting the ethernet name that in my laptop is NOT eth0!