in linux, how to search for files containing a given string?

[bajajv]

Hi,

Suppose in a directory, I want to search for all the .txt files which contain string "abc", then what would be the command for that?

Thanks.

[bajajv]

this works..

grep "abc" -R ./

[Nepomuk]

Hi bajajv!

Thanks for posting the answer you found. Yes, the (e)grep tool is very powerful for searching through text. It also supports regular expressions.

Greetings,
Nepomuk