How to find files containing text in Linux

Re: Find files containing a specific string of text

This is useful and can save a lot of time, so this is worth remembering!

grep -lir "your text here" *

Here is what the parameters do:

• r – search recursively in to sub directories
• i – ignore text case
• l – output the name of the file and not the line of text

Type man grep for more details.