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| + | ====== Grep Recursively Through Single File Extension ====== | ||
| + | You can use the following //grep// command to search through a directory, recursively, but only looking at a specific file pattern. | ||
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| + | grep -r --include=<pattern> <string> <directory> | ||
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| + | Here is an example that searches recursively starting at /home/joel/ and including only php files. | ||
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| + | grep -r --include="*.php" "public auction" ./ | ||
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| + | Other options you might want to add to the command: | ||
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| + | | -i | Case insensitive match. | | ||
| + | | -c | Count of matches; suppressing normal output. One line per file match. | | ||
| + | | -o | Show only the part of a matching line that matches. | | ||
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| + | Here's another example with the -r, -i and -o options all added. | ||
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| + | grep -rio --include="*.php" "public auction" ./ | ||