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How to use grep to search for a word recursively in all directories named /src and only *.js files

In a react project, I want to search for the case insensitive word "tolowercase" in all /src directories and only search in *.js files.

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Answers (1)

Oluwafemi Sule
Oluwafemi Sule

Reputation: 38942

Use

grep -RHlie tolowercase --include '*.js' /src

The options are elaborated on from running man grep:

     -R, -r, --recursive
             Recursively search subdirectories listed.
     -H      Always print filename headers with output lines.
     -l, --files-with-matches
             Only the names of files containing selected lines are written to
             standard output.  grep will only search a file until a match has
             been found, making searches potentially less expensive.  Path-
             names are listed once per file searched.  If the standard input
             is searched, the string ``(standard input)'' is written.
     -i, --ignore-case
             Perform case insensitive matching.  By default, grep is case sen-
             sitive.
     -e pattern, --regexp=pattern
             Specify a pattern used during the search of the input: an input
             line is selected if it matches any of the specified patterns.
             This option is most useful when multiple -e options are used to
             specify multiple patterns, or when a pattern begins with a dash
             (`-').

Upvotes: 2

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