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<h1 class="my-0! pb-2.5">Find Text in Files on Linux</h1><div class="text-xs antialiased opacity-60"><time>Dec 24, 2022</time></div></header>
<section><p>I <del>shamelessly copied from</del> found <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/16957078">on stackoverflow.com</a> how to use <code>grep</code> to find a specific text (or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression">regular expression</a>) inside a directory:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>grep -rnw <span style="color:#e6db74">&#39;/path/to/somewhere/&#39;</span> -e <span style="color:#e6db74">&#39;pattern&#39;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>And I think that&rsquo;s very useful for coders when trying to find references from a class.</p>
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