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Shell script: search in specified location for files containing a string inside (not case sensitive)
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#!/bin/zsh | |
# Written by: VerityJ | |
# Published on: https://gist.github.com/verityj | |
# | |
# Usage: ./find-inside.sh location search-string | |
# location should not end in /* | |
# search-string does not need " or * | |
# | |
# Output: file names that contain the search-string inside | |
if [ -z "$2" ] | |
then | |
echo "Usage: ./find-inside.sh <location> <search-string> (note: no need for \" or *)" | |
echo "<location> example: ~ (user home) or . (current directory)" | |
exit 0 | |
fi | |
printf "\nSearching in '$1/*' for \"$2\" (case-insensitive) ...\n\n" | |
grep -lir "$2" "$1"/* | |
# -l outputs file name list | |
# -i ignore case | |
# -r recursive search |
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