How-To: Grep Tricks for Linux Users

“The first of these tricks allows you to create a list of files
that contain whatever string you are looking for. It uses the -l
(list just the file names, not the matched content) option plus the
-r option for recursing through subdirectories. This can help you
find files that you might be looking for without distracting you
with all the reasons particular files matched your search
criteria.

grep -rl “string you want to find” *

“Example:

$ grep -rl “meeting minutes” *
ARK2010/02-02-notes
ARK2010/TBD
Jan2010/TASkForce2
Mar2010/TaskForce2

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