Command: grep -rnw '/path/to/somewhere/' -e 'pattern'
-r
or-R
is recursive,-n
is line number, and-w
stands for match the whole word.-l
(lower-case L) can be added to just give the file name of matching files.
from Martin Callesen
Command: grep -rnw '/path/to/somewhere/' -e 'pattern'
-r
or -R
is recursive,-n
is line number, and-w
stands for match the whole word.-l
(lower-case L) can be added to just give the file name of matching files.