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Terminal - Search entire directory for keyword

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 22331 / 3 Years ago, thu, may 20, 2021, 10:50:09

I am working on a Ruby on Rails project so I have to manage multiple files. I think I made a syntax mistake somewhere but I'm not sure well. It would be awesome if I could search for a keyword through the entire project directory.

I'm sure there's some command on Terminal, but I'm not sure what it is.

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answered 3 Years ago clegian · Accepted Answer

You can use the recursive mode of grep:

grep -R pattern directory

ack (ack-grep on Ubuntu) and ag are also good for this.