Search recursively to find a word or phrase in certain file types, such as C code
./src/main.c: printf("Search phrase");
./include/example.h: #define MY_PHASE search phrase
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ack search recursively by default
2ack "search pharse" *.[ch] -
-sl : show just file names
0find . -iname '*.conf' | xargs grep "searh string" -sl -
Old Sys5 system and SUN computers don't have the -H option. Adding /dev/null forces grep to use the multi-file output and report the file name.
0find . -name "*.[ch]" -exec grep -i /dev/null "search pharse" {} \; -
Warnings and errors will be suppressed Show Sample Output
0grep --include=\*.html -R "some string" . 2>/dev/null -
Original submitter's command spawns a "grep" process for every file found. Mine spawns one grep with a long list of all matching files to search in. Learn xargs, everyone! It's a very powerful and always available tool.
-3find . -name "*.[ch]" -print | xargs grep -i -H "search phrase"
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grep -iH "search phrase" **/*{c,h}ack --cc -i "search phrase"grep 'pattern' * -rdone.