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Search for string in all files
Search for string in all files
Q: How do I search for a specific text string in a all files?
A: Say you want to find the string "sysadmin" in all files recursively in the folder /root/files.
# grep -R "sysadmin" /root/files/*
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Sorin Srbu
Last Updated: 03 January 2023
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