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DamDev
DamDev

Reputation: 125

Linux: count files that contains a word in its name and content

I want to count files in directory that in its name and content contains a given word.

find ./test -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "*main*" | wc -l

Given snippet counts files that contains "main" in name. How to change it to check if it contains "main" in its content as well?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 95

Answers (2)

Reinstate Monica Please
Reinstate Monica Please

Reputation: 11593

find ./test -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "*main*" -exec grep -q main {} \; -exec printf '\n' \; | wc -l

-exec printf '\n' \; instead of -print protects against filenames with newline characters.

Upvotes: 0

xxfelixxx
xxfelixxx

Reputation: 6602

Loop over your files and use grep -q which suppresses grep output:

for file in `find ./test -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "*main*"`; do
    if grep -q main $file; then
        wc -l $file
    fi
done

Output

5 ./test/foo_main

Upvotes: 1

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