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Answer 1

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grep -R <some_string> <directory>

ezod 2010-03-12 15:58:24

Add the --files-with-matches option if you only want a list of files and not the text printed from the grep call.

Ian C. 2010-03-12 16:00:39

this is the flag i was looking for - thanks!

amitlicht 2010-03-12 16:04:27

Answer 2

A:

Another option is:

find . -name "*.cpp" | xargs grep some_string

if you want to restrict the search to particular file patterns or types. With find, you can also specify the maximum depth to search.

Amit Kumar 2010-03-12 16:08:44

I want to find list of files (under some directory, recursively) in which the string <some_string> is written