{"id":11858,"date":"2014-06-26T07:42:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T07:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/?p=11858"},"modified":"2014-06-26T07:42:55","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T07:42:55","slug":"search-files-containing-specific-word-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/search-files-containing-specific-word-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to search for files containing specific word in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the command line we can\u00a0 search for files containing specific word in Linux. There are several methods for searching some of them are described in this post.<\/p>\n

1. Using Grep<\/p>\n

grep -r\u00a0 “word\/string to be searched”\u00a0 where to search<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. using Locate<\/p>\n

locate {part_of_word}<\/strong><\/p>\n

but first update your locate database<\/p>\n

#sudo updatedb<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. using find command<\/p>\n

find . -name ‘*{part_of_word}*’ -print<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where “.”\u00a0<\/strong> is\u00a0 directory where to search<\/p>\n

you can use “*” as a wild-card<\/strong><\/p>\n

we can also use hybrid commands i.e mixture of above three to search more specific inside the string.<\/p>\n

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With the command line we can\u00a0 search for files containing specific word in Linux. There are several methods for searching some of them are described in this post. 1. 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