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How to search files containing a specific word in the content
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..  
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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" * Last edited by iamcollins; 01-03-2007 at 11:50 AM.
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