anebg » terminal http://anebg.net 2 geek life, brainstorm, computing! Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:48:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How to Search Inside files from Ubuntu (Unix) Terminal http://anebg.net/2009/07/07/how-to-search-inside-files-from-ubuntu-unix-terminal/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-search-inside-files-from-ubuntu-unix-terminal http://anebg.net/2009/07/07/how-to-search-inside-files-from-ubuntu-unix-terminal/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:28:16 +0000 anebg http://anebg.net/?p=29 'grep' is what your looking for.

Here's the command:

grep -Rs search query /some/directory/*

Also, if the terminal bugs you, you can enclose the search query using double quotes ( and possibly also single quotes)

Good luck!

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