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I have a folder with huge number of files and I want to extract files present with certain text XYZ created within a date range.

I found this to search files within a date range, but unsure how to club it with the specific text filter.

find /MY_DIR/ -newermt "2017-12-01" ! -newermt "2021-01-31"

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answered 1 Year ago enincroscope · Accepted Answer

The proper way is to add an -exec option.

find /MY_DIR/ -type f -newermt "2017-12-01" ! -newermt "2021-01-31" -exec grep -l XYZ {} +

Also added -type f option to only look for regular files, not directories, sockets, etc.