If you want to display file name while searching,
$ grep -H "555231" *.txt
If you want to search all files recursively in the current directory,
$ grep -R "555231" .
Or if you want to search only *.txt files recursively, try this:
$ find . -iname "*.txt" -exec grep -H "555231" {} \;
Regards,
Ershad
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On 3/15/12, Manoj K <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On the same time, is it possible to find, in which file right now grep
> is searching for, as in that folder a lot of file is der.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Anoop Jacob Thomas
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I didn't quite understand your question.
>>
>> If your question is, can I search for a particular phrase inside
>> several text files using grep, yes you can.
>>
>> And you have mentioned the code in your mail itself.
>>
>> Let's say I want to look in all txt files in a folder if it contains
>> the word "hello", then you can do this,
>>
>> grep hello *.txt
>>
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