{"id":1488,"date":"2011-09-13T13:16:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T12:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2015-05-18T10:45:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T09:45:39","slug":"linux-find-files-in-all-folders-containing-specific-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/linux-find-files-in-all-folders-containing-specific-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux: Find files in all folders containing specific text"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ssh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ssh-150x150.png\" alt=\"ssh\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ssh-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ssh.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Re: Find files containing a specific string of text<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Re: Show filenames in current and sub folders containing certain text<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Often you will need to find the names and locations of files containing a particular text string, as you are also unsure of the folder you will want to search the entire directory structure starting from the current level. The following command will do the trick:<\/p>\n<pre># find . | xargs grep -l \"text\" 2&gt;\/dev\/null<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re: Find files containing a specific string of text Re: Show filenames in current and sub folders containing certain text Often you will need to find the names and locations of files containing a particular text string, as you are also unsure of the folder you will want to search the entire directory structure starting &#8230; <a title=\"Linux: Find files in all folders containing specific text\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/linux-find-files-in-all-folders-containing-specific-text\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Linux: Find files in all folders containing specific text\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dedicated-servers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Linux: Find files in all folders containing specific text - UK-Cheapest.co.uk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/linux-find-files-in-all-folders-containing-specific-text\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Linux: Find files in all folders containing specific text\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Re: Find files containing a specific string of text Re: Show filenames in current and sub folders containing certain text Often you will need to find the names and locations of files containing a particular text string, as you are also unsure of the folder you will want to search the entire directory structure starting ... 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