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find text inside a file on command line
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| find . -name '*' -exec grep -li 'text_to_search_for' {} \; | |
| // ignore directories (won't show ".. is a directory") | |
| find . -name '*' -exec grep -sli 'TEXT' {} \; | |
| // exclude directories (like `node_modules`) | |
| find . -name '*' -not -path './node_modules/*' -exec grep -sli 'TEXT' {} \; |
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