How do I grep recursively in Linux?

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How do I grep recursively in Linux?

How do I recursively grep all directories and subdirectories?



find . | xargs grep "texthere" *

grep unix linux

4 years ago by rahul07

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**Kajalsi45d** · Answer 1 · 2021-04-29T13:01:08

Kajalsi45d

Also:

find ./ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep "foo"

but grep -r is a better answer.

4 years ago

**sandhya6gczb** · Answer 2 · 2021-05-05T11:43:38

For recursive search invoke grep with the -r option or --recursive. Here is an example to find pattern in a given directory.
$grep -r "pattern/directory_name"

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