On Sat, 6 Jun 2015 13:11:04 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > > I've bunch of php files in many directories > > and I need to find a text string in them "Check/Money Order" > > 'cd' to the lowest dir which contains them all, > then 'grep -r "Check/Money Order" *.php'.
That will only search *.php files in the current directory, you need grep -r --include='*.php' 'Check/Money Order' . or drop the --include option to search all files. Use single quotes to stop the shell from trying to interpret anything. -- Neil Bothwick Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?
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