Grep Cheatsheet
Recursively find matching file types
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grep -Rl "my_file_name" .
Limit by file type
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grep -R "search_text" --include="*.js" .
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## Find Files by name
find /path/to/search -type f | grep “pattern”
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## Find File containing text string.
```bash
grep -rl "string" /path
find file containing text string in specific file type.
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grep -r "example" *.txt
flags
-r (or --recursive)
Option is used to traverse also all sub-directories of /path, whereas
-l (or --files-with-matches)
option is used to only print filenames of matching files, and not the matching lines (this could also improve the speed, given that grep stop reading a file at first match with this option).
older gist
https://askubuntu.com/questions/55325/how-to-use-grep-command-to-find-text-including-subdirectories
find a string recursively
-r (or –recursive) option is used to traverse also all sub-directories of /path, whereas -l (or –files-with-matches) option is used to only print filenames of matching files, and not the matching lines (this could also improve the speed, given that grep stop reading a file at first match with this option).
grep -rl “string” /path