How to find a keyword in a list of files (recursive) ?

Submitted by Jochus on Thu, 29/04/2010 - 22:03 | Posted in: Lifetime
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Arghhh ... everytime I need this, I always have to Google it. Dunno why, but I'm not able to remember it :-). I want to have a list of files (just the path/name) which contain that keyword

The correct command is:

$ find . | xargs grep '##KEYWORD_YOU_WANT_TO_LOOKUP##' -sl

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Submitted by Paul Praet (not verified) on Sun, 06/06/2010 - 23:06
 

Why not simply do

 grep -r ##KEYWORD## *
?

Submitted by Jochus on Mon, 07/06/2010 - 18:23
 

Ahhh, I didn't know that one :-). Thanks!

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