---
title: "Find Text in Files on Linux"
date: 2022-12-24T14:40:55-03:00
draft: false
tags: ['linux']
---

I ~~shamelessly copied from~~ found [on stackoverflow.com](https://stackoverflow.com/a/16957078) how to use `grep` to find a specific text (or [regular expression](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression)) inside a directory:

```bash
grep -rnw '/path/to/somewhere/' -e 'pattern'
```

And I think that's very useful for coders when trying to find references from a class.