grep search all files for string code example

Example 1: grep in all files

grep -rni "string" *

Example 2: grep search text in folder

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

Example 3: shell find string in directory

grep -R "string_to_search" *

Example 4: find text in linux file

grep 'word' filename
grep 'word' file1 file2 file3
grep 'string1 string2'  filename
cat otherfile | grep 'something'
command | grep 'something'
command option1 | grep 'data'
grep --color 'data' fileName

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