listing all files containing specific text

Note

• /foo/bar/ represents a directory to recursively search within.
• baz represents the text to search for.

Use grep -inr '/foo/bar/' -e 'baz'.

explanation

• The -e option specifies a regular expression.
• The -i option disables case sensitivity.
• The -n option prefixes each outputted line with a line number.
• The -r option enables recursion.

prior work

• The wording of the title comes from a question on Stack Overflow by Nathan.
• The bulk of the script explanation comes from an answer on Stack Overflow by rakib_.

licensing

Some rights reserved: CC BY-SA 3.0. Includes significant content from a question on Stack Overflow by Nathan and an answer on Stack Overflow by rakib_ with changes made, including converting the original HTML to Markdown.