How to search files containing a specific word in the content

amjath78 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-03-2007

Hi all,

Lets say I have 3 files a.txt and b.txt and c.txt.

a.txt has the following text
====================
apple is good for health

b.txt has the following text
====================
apple is pomme in french

c.txt has the following text
====================
orange has citric acid

Now apple is a word common in both a.txt and b.txt... How do I find all the files which are containing the word apple, so that the output will be a.txt and b.txt.

Please help..

iamcollins · #2 (**permalink**) 01-03-2007

Excuse if i am wrong

This command searched recursively and prints the file names matching the search string in its content ignoring the case.

grep -r -l -i "apple" *

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