Search for files containing a specified string.

findstr.sh

#!/bin/bash
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# findstr
#
# Search for files containing a specified string.  Show the file path,
# line number, and the line itself containing a specified string.
#
# EXAMPLE:
#
# To search for all the files with the file extension .html containing
# a string "body" under the current directory and all its
# subdirectories, do:
#
#   $ findstr . "*.html" "body"
#
 
find $1 -name \*$2 -exec grep -nH "$3" {} \;