Looks for occurrences of a string in all files in the specified directory (defaults to current) For best results put in ~/.bashrc

findString.sh

findString() {
  if [ -z "$1" ]
  then
    echo "usage: findString "string" [whereToLook]"
    return 1
  fi

  if [ -z "$2" ]
  then
    wheretolook=$(pwd)
  else
    wheretolook=$2
  fi
  echo "looking for $1 in $wheretolook"

  FILES=$(find $wheretolook -type f -name "*")

  for FILE in $FILES
  do
    tput bold
    tput setaf 4
    grep -ls "$1" "$FILE"
    tput sgr0
    grep -ns "$1" "$FILE"
  done
}