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Created October 31, 2018 23:53
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How to recursively search folders for a string using grep and ack
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How to recursively search folders for a string.sh
grep -r "string" .
# apparently capital R follows symlinks
grep -R "string" .
## Or use ACK
ack "string" folder
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