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A quick bash tip: find files containing specific text

Aug 21, 2019 · by Tim Kamanin

This command works on both Linux and Mac:

grep -Rl --include \*.py 'search_vector' ./

In my case I'm looking for 'search_vector' text in my python code files. As a result, I'll get a list of files that contain the text.

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