find in files code example
Example 1: find text in folder
grep -rnw '/path/to/somewhere/' -e 'pattern'
Example 2: find file
Extremely useful command!!
In Mac and Linux: Define directory where to search as "." for current directory
and then specify the name or regex of file or folder to find.
find . -name "foo*"
In Windows: Define "/s" for a recursively search and name or regex of file or
folgder to search
dir /s "foo*"
Example 3: linux find file containing text
find 'C:/Users/JacquesK' -name '*.*' -exec grep 'Random text to find' {} /dev/null \;